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its a BORDER STATES
It joined the Confederacy.
Tennessee...it use to be a confederate state but later joined the union
Union. Maryland was an Union Border state but this counted Union of course.
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.
Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland all border Confederate states.
Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland all border Confederate states.
Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland all border Confederate states.
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".
Missouri, Kentucky, and Maryland all border Confederate states.
* It was a former British Colony. * It was a former British Colony that joined the Union. * It was a former British Colony that joined the Union and then secded from the Union to join the Confederate States of America.
The state of Texas re-entered the union in 1870. The state first joined the union in December of 1845 but briefly joined the Confederate States of America in 1861.