<P> Southern sympathizers were outraged at the legislature's decisions, citing that Polk's troops in Kentucky were only en route to counter Grant's forces . Later legislative resolutions passed by Unionists--such as inviting Union General Robert Anderson to enroll volunteers to expel the Confederate forces, requesting the governor to call out the militia, and appointing Union General Thomas L. Crittenden in command of Kentucky forces--incensed the Southerners . (Magoffin vetoed the resolutions but was overridden each time .) In 1862, the legislature passed an act to disenfranchise citizens who enlisted in the Confederate States Army . Thus Kentucky's neutral status evolved into backing the Union . Most of those who originally sought neutrality turned to the Union cause . </P> <P> During the war, a faction known as the Russellville Convention formed a Confederate government of Kentucky, which was recognized by the Confederate States of America as a member state . Kentucky was represented by the central star on the Confederate battle flag . </P> <P> When Confederate General Albert Sidney Johnston occupied Bowling Green, Kentucky, in the summer of 1861, the pro-Confederates in western and central Kentucky moved to establish a Confederate state government in that area . The Russellville Convention met in Logan County on November 18, 1861 . One hundred and sixteen delegates from sixty - eight counties elected to depose the current government, and create a provisional government loyal to Kentucky's new unofficial Confederate Governor George W. Johnson . On December 10, 1861, Kentucky became the 13th state admitted to the Confederacy . Kentucky, along with Missouri, was a state with representatives in both Congresses, and with regiments in both Union and Confederate armies . </P> <P> Magoffin, still functioning as official governor in Frankfort, would not recognize the Kentucky Confederates, nor their attempts to establish a government in his state . He continued to declare Kentucky's official status in the war as a neutral state--even though the legislature backed the Union . Fed up with the party divisions within the population and legislature, Magoffin announced a special session of the legislature, and resigned his office in 1862 . </P>

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