Confederate, but thousands of citizens remained loyal to the United States.
Delaware remained loyal to the Union. Maryland might have seceded had Lincoln not placed Federal troops around the state legislature, but the state remained in the Union. Kentucky did not secede but could not entirely be said to be loyal to the Union. It was officially neutral. About twice as many regiments from Kentucky joined the Confederacy as joined the Union, but it is likely that some Kentucky men joined with regiments from other states both north and south. Missouri was a slave state and never formally seceded. Although support for the South was strong, and a pro-Confederacy Army and legislature formed, the state remained in the Union. Estimates of the time say that Missouri was 90% for the Confederacy and 10% Union. The last one to name here was West Virginia, which was part of Virginia until several counties banded together to secede from Virginia to rejoin the Union as a new state in 1863. West Virginia never existed as a slave state, having been brought into the Union after the Emancipation Proclamation, and is therefore a tricky but incorrect answer to this question.
Because they could have swung the whole result. It made a very big difference that Kentucky and Missouri stayed loyal, however much sectional strife remained, and Lincoln was determined that the Ohio River was not going to be the war-frontier. As for Maryland, that was like a tinder-box, with Union troops marching down from New York and needing to reach Washington. This was where Lincoln had to break the rules to arrest certain pro-Confederate leaders. But again, the main objective was achieved. This important state, surrounding Washington D.C., remained loyal.
No this statement is false. Virgina was the last state to join the confederacy.
There were actually multiple slave states that remained in the Union. These states, known as border states, were: Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri and West Virginia.
Massachusetts remained loyal to the Union.
The entire Appalachian region was extremely unionist in its sympathies. Western Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, and East Tennessee remained loyal.
The entire Appalachian region was extremely unionist in its sympathies. Western Virginia, Eastern Kentucky, and East Tennessee remained loyal.
Confederate, but thousands of citizens remained loyal to the United States.
Yes- he was the only senator from a seceding state who did not resign his office, but remained loyal to the US.
Virginia became part of the Confederacy while northwestern Virginia remained loyal to the Union. In 1863 it was admitted to the Union as a free state.
California (New respondent) No, it was the four slave-states of the Upper South that had remained loyal. Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware.
The state itself was with the Union (the north), against the Confederacy (the south).
California (New respondent) No, it was the four slave-states of the Upper South that had remained loyal. Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware.
California (New respondent) No, it was the four slave-states of the Upper South that had remained loyal. Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware.
California (New respondent) No, it was the four slave-states of the Upper South that had remained loyal. Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware.
Delaware remained loyal to the Union. Maryland might have seceded had Lincoln not placed Federal troops around the state legislature, but the state remained in the Union. Kentucky did not secede but could not entirely be said to be loyal to the Union. It was officially neutral. About twice as many regiments from Kentucky joined the Confederacy as joined the Union, but it is likely that some Kentucky men joined with regiments from other states both north and south. Missouri was a slave state and never formally seceded. Although support for the South was strong, and a pro-Confederacy Army and legislature formed, the state remained in the Union. Estimates of the time say that Missouri was 90% for the Confederacy and 10% Union. The last one to name here was West Virginia, which was part of Virginia until several counties banded together to secede from Virginia to rejoin the Union as a new state in 1863. West Virginia never existed as a slave state, having been brought into the Union after the Emancipation Proclamation, and is therefore a tricky but incorrect answer to this question.