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Kentucky was a border state which means it didn't know what side to be on. Other border states were Montana, West Virgina, Delaware, and Maryland.
Kentucky never seceded from the Union so it would be classified as a Union state, however it was one of the border states (along with Maryland and Missouri). The border states were slave states and had competing Union and Confederate governments. While 75,000 men (including 23,000 African Americans) served in the Union army, a significant number of Kentuckians went south, primarily with the "Orphan Brigade".

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