Based on their geographical location, both California and Oregon were separated from the Union. Attempting to take advantage of this, secessionists in San Francisco attempted to persuade the two states to secede from the union, but failed to do so.
The southern states were Confederate states. The northern states were part of the Union. :)
After the Union gained complete control of the Mississippi River with the capture of Vicksburg, the Confederate states of Texas, Louisiana, and Arkansas were cut off from the rest of the Confederacy.
There were 19 states in the Union.
The Confederate States of America (never officially recognised by any other nation) and the rest of the United States, normally referred-to as the Union during the course of the war.
They were slave-states that had narrowly voted against joining the Confederacy.
Based on their geographical location, both California and Oregon were separated from the Union. Attempting to take advantage of this, secessionists in San Francisco attempted to persuade the two states to secede from the union, but failed to do so.
The union of the states
California was not isolated from the rest of the country. The railroads had regular routes to CA and ships came into the ports. There was also the use of the telegraph and later the phone. By 1850 when CA became a state there were other western states as well. So, it has never been isolated.
Ancient Greek city states were isolated because much of Greece is islands or mountains.
They were pretty isolated from the rest of the world
because it had walls
A term popularized by British Prime Minister Winston Churchill to describe the Soviet Union's policy of isolation during the Cold War. The barrier isolated Eastern Europe from the rest of the world.
Texas could and did secede from the Union with the rest of the Confederate states. Texas declared its secession from the United States in 1861 to join the Confederate States of America.
Switzerland is not isolated from the rest of Europe. It has open borders. Most border crossing places are unmanned. Anybody can cross the border in either direction whenever they want to.
The formed the Confederate States of America, which fought the rest of the Union, and looked like winning for a time, in the summer of 1862, and again in 1864 when everyone thought Lincoln would be voted out in the election.
Some refer to Hawaii as an overseas assignment. Technically overseas refers to foreign places, so if you are not from Hawaii or the United States of America, then it is an overseas tour. For people from the United States Hawaii is, though, an OCONUS assignment.