During the civil war there were 24 states in the union including the border states. but there was 23 states that remained loyal to the union during the war.
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There were 34 States in the Union when the Civil War began.
There were 35 states, total before secession started. 11 Southern States seceded, and fought in a formed union, or group called the Confederacy of the United States. During the Civil War, West Virginia broke off from Virginia, and become the 36th state, joining the Union. The answer is 24, then 25.
For the Union: 23; for the South: 11 Additionally, all border states sent forces to fight for the South and the North.
I am afraid you are confused. By the time of the civil war there were no colonies. The United States was established in 1789 and the civil war started in 1861.
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri were four slave states that did not secede from the Union. West Virginia, another slave state, seceded from Virginia and joined the Union during the Civil War. it was 4 that didn't secede from the union.