The advantages that the Confederacy would have gained if the Border states had seceded would have changed the US Civil War immensely. Excluding Delaware, the slave Border states of Missouri, Kentucky and Maryland would have added 45% to the white population and military manpower the South. The South's industrial base would have increased by 80%. And, very importantly, Washington DC would have been surrounded by two Confederate states, forcing the abandonment of the Union capitol. Also the use of the Tennessee and Cumberland rivers by the Union would have vanished.
border states
because
There were 11 states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America :AlabamaArkansasFloridaGeorgiaLouisianaMississippiNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVirginia(see related question)
The Union in the American Civil War represented the free states (meaning slave-free states) plus five border slave states in the north of America. The Confederate States of America (the Confederacy) comprised the eleven southern slave states which had seceded from the United States of America.
Slavery was legal in the border states. However, since they did not secede to join the Confederacy, they were not included in the Emancipation Proclamation.
West Virginia
None of the Border States seceded even though they were slave states.
The Confederate States of America.
It was called the Confederacy. And The confederacy's President was Jefferson Davis.
the border states didnt secede to the union or the confederacy the five border states arewest virginiamarylanddelewarekentuckymissouri
Yes.
The Confederate States of America ('The Confederacy')
The border states were those states that bordered the states that seceded before the Civil War. The border states consisted of Kentucky, Delaware, Maryland, and Missouri.
Border states or Buffer states.
Confederate states of America or confederacy
The Rebel States
True