"Mrs. Lincoln is a native of Kentucky. Her maiden name was Tod. She has a large number of brothers and sisters, who, like so many other families, have been divided in their allegiance by the war. Two of her brothers entered the rebel army, and one was lately killed at a battle in the Southwest.

One of these two was for some time employed at Richmond as jailer of the Union prisoners. His brutality and cruelty were such, however, that Jefferson Davis finally removed him from the post, and sent him to join his regiment.

Another brother is in the employ of the United States Government in one of the Northwestern Territories. Mrs. Lincoln's sisters are understood to sympathize rather with the rebels than with the Government.

It is probably this division of sentiment which has given rise to the gossip and scandal respecting the views of the lady who presides over the White House. Mrs. Lincoln has lately been spending some time in this city, and has been serenaded and visited by many of our leading citizens."

Harper's Weekly, Nov 8, 1862

Kentucky certainly wasn't a die hard southern secessionist state. Why this strong southern leanings in the Family-in-Law of the President of the United States?