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barnegatsailor t1_iyofek4 wrote

Reply to comment by cheezitsofcool in [OC] Number of Union Army Units/Companies during the American Civil War. by BLAZENIOSZ

There were also some units in the CSA army made up of men from Southern Illinois. Other than border states that's the only Northern state that had troops fight for the South.

Although it is arguable that Southern Illinois was essentially a border state region in itself.

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KezAzzamean t1_iypj4cd wrote

Being from southern Illinois myself… yea. It definitely thinks.. different. Than the rest of the state.

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