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At the beginning of the US Civil War Deleware, Kentucky, Maryland, Missouri and West Virginia used slave labor. Washing DC also had legal slavery. This was an embarrassing issue for President Lincoln.
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Who were the confederate soldiers in the US Civil War?
The ones fighting for the South - the cotton-growing slave-states.
What was going on when slavery was abolished in the US?
A bloody civil war between the slave owning and non-slave owning states (1862-65)
What were the Southern states called prior to American Civil War?
Prior to the US Civil War, Southern states were sometimes referred to as slave holding states. Technically and in reality, until the Civil War, all US states were called US states. This is not some way to marginalize the antebellum period of the US.
Was Delaware part of the confederate state during US Civil War?
No. It was one of the buffer-states - slave-states that did not vote Confederate.
What were the three border states during the US Civil War?
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
Are there any slave states in the US?
Not anymore, the civil war was the war that got rid of slavery. Though other countries still have slaves.
What were the slave states that stayed in the Union at the beginning of the US Civil War?
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and Delaware. Slaves in these states were not freed till after the US Civil War; not even by the Emancipation Proclamation. These four states were the slave border states and purposefully not included in the Emancipation Proclamation. US President Lincoln could not risk having these states join the Confederacy.
Did William Carney die in the civil war?
No, the first Freed Slave US Civil War hero survived the US Civil War. He died in 1908.
Name the US war between the North and South?
*The civil war *The War between the States
Which side in the US Civil War had the most States?
At the beginning of the US Civil War the Confederacy was composed of 11 former Federal States. The Union consisted of 23 States. Some of the Union States were slave States. An example is Delaware, where slavery existed, however, Delaware remained loyal to the United States.
When the US Civil War was solidly underway what was the number of free states and slave states?
When all of the Confederate states became solidified as one collective rebellion, there were 15 slave states in the US. Of the fifteen, four slave states did not secede. Nineteen were free states. Thus as the war was fully underway, there were eleven Confederate states and 23 Union states. The slave states that did not secede were called "Border States". These were Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri. Only the latter three states played a roles in the war.
What were all the slave states in the civil war?
The slave holding states at the time of the US Civil War were: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee and North Carolina. Northern states where slavery was still legal were: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. They were the Border States that remained in the Union.
