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Unshaded areas were not states before or during the Civil War. Historical military map of the border and southern states by Phelps & Watson, 1866. In the American Civil War (1861–65), the border states or the Border South were four, later five, slave states in the Upper South that primarily supported the Union.
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
See New Orleans in the American Civil War: 2. Charleston, South Carolina 40,522 22 1865 See Charleston in the American Civil War: 3. Richmond, Virginia 37,910 25 1865 See Richmond in the American Civil War: 4. Mobile, Alabama 29,258 27 1865 5. Memphis, Tennessee 22,623 38 1862 6. Savannah, Georgia 22,619 41 1864 7. Petersburg, Virginia 18,266 ...
Map of the Confederate States with names and borders of states A Confederate state was a U.S. state that declared secession and joined the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. The Confederacy recognized them as constituent entities that shared their sovereignty with the Confederate government. Confederates were recognized as citizens of both the federal republic and of ...
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Slavery was a divisive issue in the United States. It was a major issue during the writing of the U.S. Constitution in 1787, the subject of political crises in the Missouri Compromise of 1820 and the Compromise of 1850 and was the primary cause of the American Civil War in 1861. Just before the Civil War, there were 19 free states and 15 slave ...
The Civil War Party System: The Case of Massachusetts, 1848–1876 (1984) Bradley, Erwin S. The Triumph of Militant Republicanism: A Study of Pennsylvania and Presidential Politics, 1860–1872 (1964) Castel, Albert. A Frontier State at War: Kansas, 1861–1865 (1958) Cole, Arthur Charles. The Era of the Civil War 1848–1870 (1919) on Illinois
The Civil War in Kentucky: Battle for the Bluegrass State (Da Capo Press, 2007) Bush, Bryan S. (1998). The Civil War Battles of the Western Theatre (2000 ed.). Paducah, Kentucky: Turner Publishing, Inc. ISBN 1-56311-434-8. Bush, Bryan S. Louisville and the Civil War: A History and Guide (2008) excerpt and text search; Cotterill, R. S.