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Who was the Virginian who chose to lead his state's army rather than the union army?
General Robert E. Lee
What else can I help you with?
How many states were in the Union during the Civil War?
Twenty-five states made up the Union during the civil war. These include five slaves states that were referred to as border states. Nevada and West Virginian became states during the Civil War and joined with the Union states.
What are the Union states of the Civil War?
All the free states, plus four slave-states that did not vote Confederate and chose to stay loyal.
Why do you think the border states chose to remain in the union despite their support to slavery?
because they were bored
What was weird about the state that entered the Union in 1863?
I believe that was West Viginia. This state separated from Virginia who joined the Confederate States. They chose not to secede but rather separated and formed a new state that became a "border state".
Why did southerner states believe they had the right to secede from the union?
They claimed that the USA had started as a voluntary federation of states, and that any of them could leave when they chose.
Is the north the union?
Yes. The "North" refers to those states that chose to remain part of the United States of America during the Civil War. Since they wanted to stay "United" they are referred to as the "Union."
States located between the union and the confederacy?
All of the states at that time either stayed in the Union or joined the Confederacy. Geographically. Geographically, there were no states in between the two nations. The Border States is the term given to the slave states that chose to stay in the Union. They included Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland, Missouri and West Virginia. (West Virginia succeeded from Virginia after Virginia succeeded from the Union in order to avoid fighting for the Confederacy.) They were all near the border of the Confederacy. They knew that whichever side they chose, there would likely be fighting on their territory.
What was the most important principal of the republic to George Washington?
The union of the states
Why did they choose to call the country the Confederate States of America?
To gather confederates is to bring others into your group or cause. In other words gathering others of like mind or opinion together under one cause. In this case the states that were seceeding from the Union were called the "Confederate" states. The Union being the "United States of America" the south chose the "Confederate States of America" to title in like kind.
Would you chose the Union and why?
When picking from the Union and the Confederacy, I would choose the Union because they were for slave's freedom.
How did Lincoln force 4 states to join the confederacy?
Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina all stayed in the Union after the mass exodus of southern states. Once Lincoln ordered all Union states to gather together troops to help fight the Confederacy, the four chose to leave the Union instead of raising arms against their "Southern Brothers" as they called it!
What are there fifty of in a union?
States. There are fifty states in the union.
