In border states where the issue of to secede or not to secede had never been definitively settled, the Civil War was a precarious time. With territory claimed by both the Union and the Confederacy, and citizens themselves at odds, guerrilla warfare was commonplace, and citizens were often harrassed by both the side they opposed [...]

“A house divided against itself cannot stand. I believe this government cannot endure permanently half-slave and half-free. I do not expect the Union to be dissolved - I do not expect the house to fall - but I do expect it will cease to be divided. [...]