robert lowry in 1880 hs elected governor of mississippi. if you are newton knight in 1880 living with rachel night, the black woman you are raising a family with, for all intents and purposes, on the ground, you have lost the war. because your arch enemy of the confederacy is now governor of the state. he lost the war. >> it is the pitthat the populace could not draw upon the memory of jones county in terms of interracial collaboration, but i was wonderi about the internal warfare in kentucky and missourio determine whether they would secede or remain in e union. was that due to antislavery unionism? >> good question. the border states of kentucky and missouri, why did they choose to remain in the union? i should first tell you guerrilla warfare in missouri was extraordinary. there were large numbers of missouriians who formed confederate companies. jesse james, who became a cult hero, still a cult hero for many people, he is a confederate thug defending the confederacy. the main reason missouri stays in the union, reason, there are number