Lincoln was especially anxious not to upset Kentucky's political leaders and drive them into the Confederate camp.
He not only allowed slavery to continue there (as in the other three 'buffer-states'), but permitted Kentucky to remain neutral in the first months of the war.
This diplomacy paid off, and Kentucky eventually declared for the Union, despite a powerful pro-Southern lobby. When a Confederate army under Braxton Bragg invaded the state, he installed a Confederate government, but it collapsed as soon as the troops departed.
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Wyoming was the 44th state in the Union...
state has left the union
The population of Union State is 151,581,179.
State of the Union Address
None, Maine was the only state to join the union in 1820.
Illinois was a Union state during the Civil War.
Which state entered the union in 1916 as an officially bilingual state?
No state was admitted into the union in 1936. Arizona was admitted into the Union on February 14, 1912 becoming the 48th state to join the Union. Alaska was admitted into the Union on January 3, 1959 becoming the 49th state to join the Union.