Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware
The Capital of the US- Washington DC, is SOUTH of Maryland. If Maryland became part of the Confederacy, the US Capital would be surrounded by the Confederate States. And THAT would be rather awkward.
It was part of the Confederacy - and therefore not the Union.
Maryland ('Buffer' state, loyal to Union). Virginia (Late recruit to the Confederacy, but containing the Confederate capital, Rchmond.)
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Maryland did not join the Confederacy. However. as a border slave state (like Kentucky, Missouri, and Kansas) Maryland had individuals who fought for the Confederacy during the US Civil War.
Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware
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.
They raised troops for the Union, but they also raised troops for the Confederacy.
It separated Pennsylvania (free soil) from Maryland (slave). Maryland did not join the Confederacy, so it remained a Union state.
When the Union and Confederacy waged war, and the Union won, Washington decided to move the capital to Washington DC, which is in Maryland.
The Capital of the US- Washington DC, is SOUTH of Maryland. If Maryland became part of the Confederacy, the US Capital would be surrounded by the Confederate States. And THAT would be rather awkward.
It was part of the Confederacy - and therefore not the Union.
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia were all slave states that remained in the Union.
You're probably thinking of Sharpsburg. The Union referred to it as the Battle of Antietam (after Antietam Creek) while the Confederacy referred to it as the Battle of Sharpsburg.
Maryland ('Buffer' state, loyal to Union). Virginia (Late recruit to the Confederacy, but containing the Confederate capital, Rchmond.)