THE FIGHT FOR A STATE Colonel Kenton and Harry avoided Louisville, which was now in the hands of Northern sympathizers, and, travelling partly by rail and partly by stage, reached Frankfort early in May to attend the special session of the Legislature called by Governor Magoffin.

Although the skirmishing had taken place already along the edge of highland and lowland, the state still sought to maintain its position of neutrality.

There was war within its borders, and yet no war.

In feeling, it was Southern, and yet its judgment was with the Union.

Thousands of ardent young men had drifted southward to join the armies forming there, and thousands of others, equally ardent, had turned northward to join forces that would oppose those below.