Under President Abraham Lincoln's plan for Reconstruction, four states reentered the Union: Tennessee, Arkansas, Louisiana, and Virginia. Lincoln's approach aimed to facilitate a more lenient and swift reintegration of these states following the Civil War. Each state had to establish a new government and adopt a new constitution that abolished slavery. This plan was part of Lincoln's broader effort to restore the Union while promoting reconciliation.
They had to swear an oath of loyalty.
It was a Union of states, mostly in the North.
The Emancipation Proclamation "freed" slaves in the States that had seceded from the Union; however, this had no effect since those States did not recognize the authority of the Federal government. It said nothing about slaves in the Union states such as Tennessee. Therefore, it freed no slaves.
Probably most of the states were represented there. It was the Army of Northern Virginia (Confederate) under Lee against the Army of the Potomac (Union) under the newly-promoted Meade. It was a Union victory.
Robert E. Lee turned down President Lincolns request to be the commander of the Union army because he wanted to stay loyal to his home state of Virginia if Virginia would of stayed in the Union he would have accepted Lincolns request
The states that left the union.
To bring the Southern states back into the Union.
Lincoln wanted to keep the border states in the Union.
They had to swear an oath of loyalty.
One by one, the seceded from the union and formed the Confederate States on America.
It shows one for each of the thirty six states in the Union at the time of Lincoln's death.
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A union of States is called Federalism those states are under a central government.
The restoration of the Union
They had to swear an oath of loyalty.
southern states were more accepting of union control during reconstruction
attempting to hold the nation together during the time when the southern states were looking to succeed from the Union.