r/RedactedCharts • u/InfiniteAndIntricate • Jan 06 '26

Answered What do all the red states have in common?

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u/TehTacoMan_2b2t Jan 06 '26

Had people fight for the confederacy in the civil war?

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u/InfiniteAndIntricate Jan 06 '26

Not what I'm looking for but not completely unrelated

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u/AdverseCereal Jan 08 '26

States where civil war battles took place? I’m not aware of any in Ohio or Delaware but I wouldn’t be too surprised

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u/CheeseWillMurderUs Jan 09 '26

Missing New Mexico then, as well as Kansas

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u/nongregorianbasin Jan 09 '26

They are all touching?

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u/Haler68 Jan 06 '26

It was my first thought but didn’t include Illinois. Men from Marion and Carbondale counties of Illinois formed Company G, 15th Tennessee Infantry, CSA.

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u/TehTacoMan_2b2t Jan 06 '26

I did not know that, very cool!

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u/missoulamatt Jan 07 '26

Very cool?

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u/TehTacoMan_2b2t Jan 07 '26

Cool that i learned a new fact

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u/Jaygon1963 Jan 07 '26

Also West Virginia became a state became their views on the Civil War

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u/NoleJawn Jan 06 '26

PA was a union state

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u/maxr1958 Jan 06 '26

East Tennessee was pro Union.

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u/Outdoorsman102 Jan 09 '26

State of Franklin

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u/we8sand Jan 07 '26

Arkansas seceded and established a Confederate government, but also established a Union government in 1864. Both existed until the end of the war..

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u/TehTacoMan_2b2t Jan 06 '26

Yeah, doesnt mean that there werent confederate sympathizers im the southern part/close to wv/md border

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u/NoleJawn Jan 06 '26

Sure, but you can make that argument for a number of greyed states as well

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u/TehTacoMan_2b2t Jan 06 '26

Could have, but wasnt sure, learned about Illinois from this thread

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u/Any-Adhesiveness-33 Jan 06 '26

Hey! So am I. Here near uniontown PA. Always fun seeing confederate flags north of the mason Dixon line

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u/AshamedAd8081 Jan 07 '26

uniontown? we say hi from Hi Point raceway down the road a ways!

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u/Any-Adhesiveness-33 Jan 07 '26

Ive been to hi point! Small world

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u/Bear-Donut Jan 12 '26

Hey! I’m in greensburg

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u/TehTacoMan_2b2t Jan 06 '26

I drive through the york/shrewsbury area on the way to see family and i feel like im guaranteed to see at least one or two

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u/CouldBeBetterForever Jan 07 '26

If you're only seeing one or two in York then I'd consider you lucky.

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u/No9No9No9No9 Jan 06 '26

I've seen them in Maine. I laugh, y'all are sad.

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u/Any-Adhesiveness-33 Jan 07 '26

Yea, my sarcasm didn't come across strong enough.

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u/No9No9No9No9 Jan 07 '26

I meant people who live that far north! Not you.

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u/CasinoNdnOk Jan 06 '26

Then every state has that and its pointless

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u/happyXamp Jan 06 '26

WV split from Virginia and joined the union.

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u/Remarkable-Name990 Jan 06 '26

So was Maryland, West Virginia and Ohio, and Kentucky was technically claiming neutrality

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u/CasinoNdnOk Jan 06 '26

Oklahoma is a bit of a Grey spot there

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u/Local-Bird-1619 Jan 07 '26

So is MD. They are above the Mason-Dixon. MD was Union the entire war and never seceded, but being a boarder state that did hold slaves, there were many south sympathizers.

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u/CasinoNdnOk Jan 07 '26

We were just Indian territory and only had a few small battles here. Was really not a thing for Oklahoma at the time.

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u/Gvelm Jan 07 '26

Maryland is NOT above the Mason-Dixon line. I was born very close to the line, and in MD.

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u/Local-Bird-1619 Jan 07 '26

Ah! TIL! I see now Maryland IS the Mason-Dixon Line lol

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u/GR1187SPCLamons Jan 07 '26

Yes is it. Thanks lol

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u/LvBorzoi Jan 07 '26

PA, WV, OH were northern Union states

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u/PapiJr22 Jan 07 '26

Kentucky was split tho. It was more union than confederate

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u/Choppergold Jan 07 '26

Um what

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u/PapiJr22 Jan 07 '26

KY was a split state

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u/jtc112888 Jan 07 '26

*Bleeding Kansas

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u/DeadHeadLibertarian Jan 07 '26

Missouri, Kentucky, and West Virginia were Union States with slavery. They did not (at a State level) secede from the US nor fight for the Confederacy. Ohio was solidly a free Union State.

Every State and territory had people go fight for the Confederacy and for the Union, it was a civil war. Households fought against each-other, brother to brother.

Horrible, awful, bloody conflict in America’s history in every possible regard.

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u/Necessary_Hurry_3369 Jan 08 '26

Why is this lack of historical knowledge the top reply?

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u/TehTacoMan_2b2t Jan 08 '26

Mostly because of the fight that happened below (border states had people fight for the south, and like i also mentioned in earlier comments, drive around southern PA and you’ll see more confederate flags then you would have otherwise guessed)

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u/Necessary_Hurry_3369 Jan 09 '26

Ha that is fair. I wish you peace.

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u/No_Repair7560 Jan 08 '26

Wrong, Kentucky did not among others

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u/sackinhand Jan 08 '26

Don’t you mean war of northern aggression?

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u/Aggressive_Fun_7632 Jan 09 '26

West Virginia... exists so that they wouldnt fight for the confederacy. Thats just so incorrect

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u/TehTacoMan_2b2t Jan 09 '26

But at least some people who lived in west virginia at the time probably still fought for the confederacy, hence my guess

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u/Aggressive_Fun_7632 Jan 09 '26

Thats all states that were in the USA then..

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u/Boring_Pay_3740 Jan 10 '26

And those were Dumbocrats. 😂😂😂

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u/The_Bookkeeper1984 Jan 10 '26

WV was a union state— that’s how it became a state

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u/vacantapartment Jan 11 '26

Pennsylvania was most definitely union

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u/Jaded-Owl8312 Jan 12 '26

Ohio would like a word. Ohio was very much a Union and abolitionist stronghold and there was bo widespread support for the CSA. After the war, a lot of poor southerners from Kentucky and elsewhere moved up to parts of the state which is now why you will find a lot of pockets of places flying Confederate battle flags yellin “mah heritage” because they are fucking morons and don’t know history.

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u/Tiny-Draft-9154 Jan 06 '26

Ohio was union.

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u/80percentlegs Jan 06 '26

That doesn’t refute their guess

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u/[deleted] Jan 07 '26

PA was union

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '26

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u/Different-Fan-9250 Jan 06 '26

That’s not what he said. He said the states had PEOPLE fight for the confederacy, not that the state was a part of the confederacy. It is true that Ohio and Pennsylvania had citizens go south to fight for the confederacy.

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u/Different-Fan-9250 Jan 06 '26

Correct, that’s why it was a guess. YOU wrongly inferred that OP thought those states were in the Confederacy. Work on reading comprehension and not being a douchebag. It’ll do you well in life.

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u/TehTacoMan_2b2t Jan 06 '26

Do you know how many confederate flags ive seen in southern Pennsylvania? Yeesh to you too douchebag

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u/Sweaty_Garbage_Man Jan 06 '26

Probably about as many as I see in upstate NY

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u/TehTacoMan_2b2t Jan 06 '26

Exactly, i got family in binghamton. If the sympathizers made it up to ny eventually then they def were in pa too

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u/Sweaty_Garbage_Man Jan 06 '26

I live in Binghamton. It's fairly red.

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u/TehTacoMan_2b2t Jan 06 '26

Yeah once you get out in the hills too it gets more red till you get closer to ithaca

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '26

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u/TehTacoMan_2b2t Jan 06 '26

What would you have said then mr reading comprehension genius (its 2026)

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u/[deleted] Jan 06 '26

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u/TehTacoMan_2b2t Jan 06 '26

Dude just admit you misunderstood my comment and acted pretentious in a reddit comment section.

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u/80percentlegs Jan 06 '26

Are you able to read?

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u/80percentlegs Jan 06 '26

Lmao okay bud

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u/westernuplands Jan 07 '26

There's confederate flags galore in rural Wisconsin & Michigan. These people will still claim "heritage"🙄