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Is Virginia a confederate state or a union state?
Confederate, but thousands of citizens remained loyal to the United States.
What was one of the slave states that stayed in the Union?
Virginia was a Confederate state. The Union slave states were Maryland, Delaware, Missouri, and Kentucky. In June 1863 West Virginia became the fifth Union slave state.
What confederate capitol city surrendered to union forces April 2 1865?
Richmond, Virginia was the capital of the Confederate States of America. Richmond was captured by the Union forces on April 2, 1865.
How many states were on the confederate side?
11 states were on the Confederate side 20 states were on the Union side There were 5 border states, including West Virginia
What state was bordered by a union state a border state and a confederate state?
The border state of Maryland was a central state in the US Civil War, and had the border state of Delaware on its east, the Union State of Pennsylvania to its north, and the Confederate state of Virginia to its south.
The capitol of the union was?
No- Appomattox is in Virginia, a Confederate state
What Virginia event helped the Union?
The secession of the Western Counties of Virginia from the Confederate State of Virginia.
Was appomattox a capitol of the union?
No- Appomattox is in Virginia, a Confederate state
Is Virginia a confederate state or a union state?
Confederate, but thousands of citizens remained loyal to the United States.
What was the famous union ironclad ship?
The Union Ironclad ship was the Monitor. The Confederate ship was the Virginia.
What Confederate State Capital was the first which was conquered by the Union Army?
Richmond, Virginia Improvement. The first Capital of a Confederate State which was conquered by the Union was Nashville, Tennessee
Why did the union army choose to fight in Virginia?
To capture Richmond, the Confederate capital.
When did Union troops defeat Confederate troops at Williamsburg Virginia?
The Army of the Potomac beats an outnumbered Confederate force at Williamsburg Virginia on May 5, 1862. Union General McClellan occupies the city the next day.
What happened to the confederate ship Virginia?
Two months after the CSS Virginia battled the Union Monitor, the Confederates destroyed the Virginia as they retreated from Norfolk, Virginia
Where did the confederate army surrender to the union army?
The Confederate Army surrendered at Appomattox Court House.
Is Virginia a confederate state?
West Virginia is not a confederate state. It was formed from the section of Virginia which wanted to remain a part of the Union.
What was the union ironclad that was built to compete with the confederate ironclad?
The Union Ironclad Ship that was built to compete with the Confederate Ironclad was called the U.S.S. Monitor and the Confederate Ironclad was called the Merrimack (more accurately, the CSS Virginia).
