Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware.
The Northern slave-states of Kentucky and Missouri.
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No, Missouri and Kentucky were both border states that had divided loyalties during the American Civil War. While Kentucky remained officially neutral, Missouri had competing governments and factions supporting both the Union and the Confederacy.
Kentucky was a slave holding state that did not join the confederacy. Lincoln is quoted as having said something to the effect that if he could not win Kentucky he could not win the war. Also, once Lincoln issued the immacipation proclimation, only slaves within states that had joined the confederacy were free, meaning that Kentucky could still legally continue to own slaves.
Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland, Delaware.
The Northern slave-states of Kentucky and Missouri.
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Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware
Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware
Texas joined the Confederacy in 1861
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Kentucky, Missouri, and Maryland all had stars on the Confederate flag but never officially joined.
It was tempting for many Kentuckians to join the Confederacy. It was a slave state with a long southern border with the Confederate state of Tennessee. Also, about one half of the legislature was in favor of the Confederacy. To make things worse, not a single county within Kentucky was won by Abraham Lincoln.
Kentucky was the 15th state to join the Union and did so in 1792.
No, Missouri and Kentucky were both border states that had divided loyalties during the American Civil War. While Kentucky remained officially neutral, Missouri had competing governments and factions supporting both the Union and the Confederacy.
Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, Delaware and West Virginia were all slave states that remained in the Union.