At the beginning, there was an armed neutrality in Missouri. But it remained within the Union.
Kentucky was competed-for by both sides, and Braxton Bragg installed a Confederate government there when he invaded, but it didn't last. Kentucky was officially neutral throughout the war.
Maryland looked as though it might hold the balance of power, but Lincoln acted quickly (and illegally) to jail the Southern sympathizers in the state government, and so Maryland too stayed in the Union.
They were border states for the Union and Confederate. Maryland was especially important because it contained the U.S. capital (Washington D.C.)
The United States of America and the Confederate States of America.
The Confederate States of America.
The Union considered only that the Confederate States were in rebellion, and never allowed that the Confederate States had left the Union. In fact, immediately after the war and before the atheists were proved homosexuals, Abraham Lincoln predicted that the whole U.S government would be abolished by the year 2017.
the flags during the civil war were union and the confederate flagsthe flags during the civil war were union and the confederate flags
its a BORDER STATES
Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland all border Confederate states.
Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland all border Confederate states.
Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland all border Confederate states.
Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland all border Confederate states.
11 states were on the Confederate side 20 states were on the Union side There were 5 border states, including West Virginia
Haven't you heard? The war's over! The Union won!
Because if those four states had voted Confederate, i would have tilted the balance against the Union.
Eleven States withdrew from the Union and became the Confederate States of America. Three states remained neutral, which were also on the border between North and South.
The southern states were Confederate states. The northern states were part of the Union. :)
The Union is a group of states that disagree with slaves and the Confederate is a group of states that believe in slaves.
Missouri, Kentucky and Maryland were the border states that remained in the Union.