It was one of the slave-states of the Upper South, which were less dedicated to slavery than the Deep South.
It had economic ties to both North and South.
Virginia
VIRGINIA
Virginia
I bealive that it was Virginia. E.N.R.
The southern states were the Confederacy. All the states from Virginia down to Texas, Florida, Mississippi etc. were in the Confederacy.
It had strong economic ties with the North and the South
They did not want to have slavery in the western parts of Virginia, so these western counties broke off to form another state so they could let Virginia join the confederacy and they join the Union
Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee and Arkansas.
The state voted to join the Confederacy.
Virginia voted to secede on Apr. 17, 1861. The secession vote was ratified by the citizens of Virginia on May 23. Virginia then existed as an independent republic until it joined the Confederacy on June. 19, 1861.
in 1861 when his home state of Virginia seceded from the Union