There were four border-states - slave-states that stayed loyal. They were Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland and Delaware.
A fifth was the newly-formed state of West Virginia in 1863.
It is also possible to classify the District of Columbia as a border-state, as slavery was still legal there in the first months of the war.
The eleven states of the CSA, in order of secession, were: South Carolina (seceded December 20, 1860), Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee (seceded June 8, 1861).
During the Civil War, the United States was divided into the Union and the Confederacy. Twenty states belonged to the Union, and there were also four border states that did not secede from the United States, but also did not give up slavery. The Confederacy had eleven states.
At the start of American Civil War in 1861 the population of Union states were 5 times more than Confederate states. Union states' population was 23 millions against 5 millions of Confederate states.
The Union or the North had a huge advantage over the Confederates or South in terms of population. The Union had 23 million white residents while the Confederates only had 5 million. Add that every state that seceded from the Union also outfitted a regiment of Union loyalists who fought for the North and you are left with the major reasons why the Civil War was eventually won by the Union.
In the run-up to the war, the eight slave-states of the Upper South were undecided which side they would support if the South broke away. After the attack on Fort Sumter, and Lincoln's appeal for volunteers (the nearest thing to a declaration of war), four of these states voted to join the Confederacy. The other four were largely divided, and Lincoln's biggest priority was to keep these states loyal. Perhaps only a man of Lincoln's talent could have succeeded in this. Slave states in the Union means what it says. Though rarely taught in school,the Union had 5 slave states. MD,DE,MO,KY,and West VA. On the answer above,Lincoln did not call for volunteers as much as he DEMANDED that the states go South and invade the 7 seceded Cotton States. VA,NC,TN,and AR refused and Abe pushed the demand. Those 4 then seceded. Lincoln wanted 75,000 for 90 days. That call increased to over 2 million men and the war was 4 years. Not sure about the talent in that.
There were eleven. First was South Carolina. Then the six states of the Lower South followed, one after another. Then, after the surrender of Fort Sumter, Lincoln retaliated by appealing for volunteers for the Union army. And this sent four states of the Upper South into the Confederacy, while the other four narrowly voted to remain loyal.
The eleven states of the CSA, in order of secession, were: South Carolina (seceded December 20, 1860), Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee (seceded June 8, 1861).
Then there would be 54 states in the union.
During the Civil War, the United States was divided into the Union and the Confederacy. Twenty states belonged to the Union, and there were also four border states that did not secede from the United States, but also did not give up slavery. The Confederacy had eleven states.
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Lincoln's plan to reunite the nation after the Civil War provided that if 10 percent of the people who voted in election swore allegiance to the Union then the seceded states could reenter the Union. Lincoln wanted to make it easy for the seceded states to rejoin the Union. Following the assassination of President Lincoln, President Johnson was also lenient concerning this issue. This placed him at odds with the Radical Republicans.
At the start of American Civil War in 1861 the population of Union states were 5 times more than Confederate states. Union states' population was 23 millions against 5 millions of Confederate states.
Texas joined the Confederacy on March 2, 1861 after seceding from the Union a month earlier.
Here are the first six states that seceded from the Union, in order of secession: South Carolina December 20, 1860 Mississippi January 9, 1861 Florida January 10, 1861 Alabama January 11, 1861 Georgia January 19, 1861 Louisiana January 26, 1861
The Union or the North had a huge advantage over the Confederates or South in terms of population. The Union had 23 million white residents while the Confederates only had 5 million. Add that every state that seceded from the Union also outfitted a regiment of Union loyalists who fought for the North and you are left with the major reasons why the Civil War was eventually won by the Union.
11 states were on the Confederate side 20 states were on the Union side There were 5 border states, including West Virginia