| for some clarification: kentucky and missouri, although slave states and although they did send representatives to the Confederate legislature (which is why the confederate flag has 13 stars on it) they never ACTUALLY seceded. Kentucky gradually came to side with the North throughout the war. Although a few counties in the south claimed pro-confederate mentalities and attempted to create a pro-confederate government (like West Virginia did when Virginia seceded) they were unsuccessful, so therefore they never officially seceded. As for Missouri, although the governor and the legislature claimed secession, this was after Union troops already controlled the state capital, thereby voiding the power the state government had. No matter how much the state government WANTED to secede, it was never going to happen, because the Union controlled them.
As for Maryland, the state was split half and half between wanting to secede and wanting to remain in the Union. However, the state government never had the chance to act because in 1861, marshal law was declared by President Lincoln to protect Washington DC from being surrounded by confederate states. H
What SHOULD be bonus answers, however, are the New Mexican territory and the Indian Territory, which claimed allegiance to the CSA, although not official states yet, so they couldn't secede. |
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