What were the states that joined the Union during the United States Civil War?

Answer 1

The Confederacy consisted of 11 states that formally seceded from the Union and joined the Confederate States of America. Seven states had seceded by February 1861:

* South Carolina (December 20, 1860)

* Mississippi (January 9, 1861)

* Florida (January 10, 1861)

* Alabama (January 11, 1861)

* Georgia (January 19, 1861)

* Louisiana (January 26, 1861)

* Texas (February 1, 1861)

After Lincoln called for 75,000 troops to enforce federal laws, and to serve for only 90 days after four more states seceded:

* Virginia (April 17, 1861) * there was also a rump Union government of Virginia

* Arkansas (May 6, 1861)

* North Carolina (May 20, 1861)

* Tennessee (June 8, 1861)

The state of Virginia changed its status from neutral to a Confederate state, and Richmond became the capital of the Confederacy.

The first capital was Montgomery, Alabama

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Kentucky and Missouri had rival governments. The Confederacy claimed them but the Federal Government never regarded them as seceded.

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The CSA also claimed control over the following states and territories without official secession (border states often had separate Union and Confederate governments) :

Arizona (Confederate territory)

Delaware

Indian territories (Oklahoma)

Maryland

New Mexico (territory)

The 11 Confederate states of America are Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, Texas, and Arkansas.

Answer 2

The first 7 states to rebel were South Carolina, Alabama, Mississippi, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas. When US Fort Sumter was attacked and surrendered on April 13, 1861, that was the deciding reason why Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas joined the Confederacy.

Answer 3

Do you want to know the exact name or the south north east west? Because the Southseceded first because Abe Lincoln was thought to believe thatAfrican-American slavery is wrong so they left cause they wanted slavery to continue and they became the Confederates in the Civil war. :D

Answer 4

West Virginia was once part of Virginia. When Virginia declared secession from the United States to become part of the Confederacy, the counties in northwestern Virginia voted to secede from Virginia and remain loyal to the United States. That area of Virginia became West Virginia. During the Civil War West Virginia became the 35th U.S. state on June 20, 1863.

Nevada was admitted into the Union on October 31, 1864 becoming the 36th state to join the Union.

Answer 5

The eleven Confederate States of America consisted of Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas, Texas, and Tennessee.