'A Kentuckian traveling in France was asked by a Virginian whence he came and replied "I am a Kentuckian;" when the other responded "You Kentuckians are the most loyal sons of their state whom I have met. Ask an Ohio man whence he comes and he is from Cincinnati; and Illinios man is from Chicago; but a Kentuckian is from Kentucky, and I honor him for it. The whole Commonwealth is his." This is as it should be. Patriotism knows no narrow boundary lines.'

E. Polk Johnson, A History of Kentucky and Kentuckians (Chicago: Lewis Publishing, 1912), I, Introduction.

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'From the standpoint of sectionalism the border states have always stood out with peculiar interest, and at times their actions have been difficult for people then as even now to understand. It would likely be disputed by no one that Kentucky has pursued a more remarkable and enigmatical course than any of her sisters. From pioneer days on down she has attracted the attention of the rest of the country in a greater degree than is, perhaps, true of any other state. She has tended to be different, and in that difference there has come to stand out a distinct individuality.'

E. Merton Coulter, The Civil War and Readjustment in Kentucky (Chapel Hill: University of North Carolina Press, 1926), Preface.