There were 430,929 slaves in the Border States.
The three border states during the US Civil War were Missouri, Kentucky and Maryland. The were slave states but did not join the Confederacy. Delaware also had slaves and was not "on the border" between the North and the South
They were fighting for Southern Independence and the Rights of the States..
What were 5 border states during the civil war
Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri
Kentucky
During the American Civil War there were five states which stayed neutral and were given the name "border" states. They were called border states because they each bordered a free state and were aligned with the union. The five border states were Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri, and West Virginia.
The Border States, or the Buffer States.
The border states were still in the Union and the capital of the US is Washington, DC. The American Civil war lasted from 1861 to 1865.
border states
Mississippi.
Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, and Kentucky were border states that remained with the union during the civil war.