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1861
Lincoln didn't want Maryland to secede because Washington would be surrounded by the Confederacy.
The states are: Florida, Texas, Louisiana, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia, Arkansas and Tennessee.
the border states didnt secede to the union or the confederacy the five border states arewest virginiamarylanddelewarekentuckymissouri
Georgia
During the Civil War, the Confederacy tried to secede from the Union.
1861
The states that DID NOT secede from the Union was Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. These four states did not secede from the Union because They were Border states, meaning they were between the Union and the Confederacy.
Lincoln didn't want Maryland to secede because Washington would be surrounded by the Confederacy.
Kentucky and Missouri
The Border States were a key part of the US Civil War. They were slave states that did not join the Confederacy, it was important for the Union to prevent that they did not secede and join the South.
The states are: Florida, Texas, Louisiana, South Carolina, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Virginia, Arkansas and Tennessee.
the border states didnt secede to the union or the confederacy the five border states arewest virginiamarylanddelewarekentuckymissouri
Maryland largely surrounded Washington DC, and it was vitally important to Lincoln that it did not secede. On this occasion, he suspended habeas corpus in order to jail some of the state's pro-Southern leaders, and keep it loyal.
Lincoln arrested state leaders who wanted to secede.
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