Confederate States

Here is a history lesson/question.

Since, if you look up a list of the Confederate Sates of America, you will find 11 states listed - South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Florida, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina - why are there 13 stars in the
Confederate flag?

Quakertrucker

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Quakertrucker · 70-79, M

That was the answer for which I was looking, with one caveat.

Actually, Kentucky and Missouri never "officially" joined the Confederacy, but were considered to be a member by the CSA - as they also were considered a member of the Union by the USA.

Since both sides claimed Kentucky and Missouri, there were 2 separate state governments - which then sent Senators and Representatives to both Washington DC, and to Richmond, Virginia.

Having grown up in Kentucky, I know that the Union state government was in the traditional state capital, Frankfort, Kentucky, while the Confederate capital was in Hopkinsville in Western Kentucky - 90 miles from where I grew up in Paducah; although, I do not know where the Confederate state capital was in Missouri.

The separate Hopkinsville state government was left alone for some time, but, finally, when troops were sent to arrest the Confederate officials there, they were forced to flee to Tennessee - and later, after Tennessee was occupied, to flee further south.

Quakertrucker

anythingoes477 · M

@Quakertrucker I'm in Missouri........there never was a Confederate capital in Missouri. The Confederacy was a shadow government in Missouri--not an actual one.