Because these four important states could have tilted the war in favour of whoever they supported. In the end, it was the North.
What were 5 border states during the civil war
He supported the north for he wanted the states to be united.
border states
The Border States were those of the Upper South which did not secede. They were Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware. The other four states of the Upper South joined the Confederacy after the Battle of Fort Sumter, when Lincoln called for volunteer troops to fight for the Union.
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
The North had 18 715 055 population. The Border States had 3 024 743 population.
Delaware Kentucky Maryland Missouri and west Virginia
Border States refer to the slave states that remained loyal to the Union during the American Civil War. These states included Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri. They were strategically important because of their geographical location between the North and South.
The Confederacy was made up of: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North and South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas and Virginia. Kentucky and Missouri also supported the South as "border states"The Confederate States of America included:South CarolinaGeorgiaAlabamaFloridaMississippiLouisianaTexasArkansasTennesseeVirginiaNorth Carolina
Some differences were that the South supported slavery and the North didn't, the South was based on agriculture and the North on industries (like factories), and the South wanted more states' rights while the North supported a federal government.
The Union was considered the North and the Federal Government, or all the non border states, which did not secede from the "Union".