Lincoln believed that the Border States were an important key to winning the Civil War. They were the states that had strong loyalties to either cause. Maryland was important because of its strategic location to DC. Delaware bordered Maryland and shared the peninsula with it and Virginia. Part of the Union strategy was also to blockade supplies to the South.
no it stayed in the union as a border state
border state
Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware.
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.
Delaware (perhaps the most overlooked border state), Kentucky, Maryland and Missouri were the border states that did not secede from the Union.
Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware and Maryland were border states that remained in the union but still allowed slavery. The state legislatures of Kentucky, Delaware and Maryland voted to remain. Missouri voted to leave the union but union troops stormed the state capital and installed a pro union government to insure they remained with the union. Prior to the Emancipation Proclamation captured slaves were returned to their masters in Missouri, Kentucky, Delaware and Maryland and in fact there are records of the Union Army conducting slave auctions in the border states.
Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware, and Missouri
A slave-state that did not vote Confederate, but stayed in the Union. There were four of these - Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware.
Delaware was considered a border state during the American Civil War because it was situated between the free states of the North and the slave states of the South. Although it was a slave state, Delaware had a small number of enslaved individuals and a strong Unionist sentiment among its population. Its strategic location and mixed economy made it a pivotal area for both the Union and the Confederacy. Additionally, Delaware stayed in the Union throughout the war, further solidifying its status as a border state.
Delaware was admitted to the Union on December 7, 1787 becoming the 1st state to join the union.
Delaware
The first state in the Union was Delaware.