West Virginia was admitted in 1863 and Nevada was 1864. At the start of the war there were 34 states and 36 at the end.
Four states were formed from other states. West Virginia and Kentucky both seceded from Virginia. Maine seceded from Massachusetts. Vermont was formed from land claimed by New York and New Hampshire.
The Western counties of Virginia did not approve of secession from the USA, and so they seceded from Virginia, forming their own Union state (which still practised slavery, though very little) in 1863.
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West Virginia
West Virginia was admitted in 1863 and Nevada was 1864. At the start of the war there were 34 states and 36 at the end.
The State of West Virginia, admitted to the Union on June 20, 1863.
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The American Civil War was fought between 1861 and 1865. The states that came into existence in those years are: Kansas (January 29, 1861), West Virginia (June 20, 1863), Nevada (October 31, 1864).
The state of West Virginia, composed of counties in Virginia which were opposed to its secession, joined the Union on June 20, 1863.
Existing states did not. But the Western counties of Virginia seceded from Virginia when that state voted Confederate. The new state of West Virginia joined the Union in 1863.
The new nation formed by the southern seceding states was called the Confederate States of America.
Do you mean secede from the Confederacy? There was only one - the new state of West Virginia, which seceded from Virginia in 1863.
I believe that was West Viginia. This state separated from Virginia who joined the Confederate States. They chose not to secede but rather separated and formed a new state that became a "border state".
Four states were formed from other states. West Virginia and Kentucky both seceded from Virginia. Maine seceded from Massachusetts. Vermont was formed from land claimed by New York and New Hampshire.
it depended where the the new state formed
The border states were the states that weren't Free or Slave states but allowed slavery and belonged to the Union. They were Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland, Missouri, and Delaware.Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware.Plus District of Columbia in the first year of the war.And the new state of West Virginia (formed 1863, when it rejoined the Union), where there was a little slavery.So the number of Border states fluctuated between four and five.