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Probably because it was in a central location between the Confederate States and the Federal states. In many ways it was a key state that, if captured, would have allowed either army to march deep into the others territory. So if the Confederates controlled Kentucky they could use it as a springboard for their armies to march into Ohio and threaten the centre of the Federal states etc.

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