{"id":20,"date":"2005-04-19T12:00:00","date_gmt":"2005-04-19T16:00:00","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.nellaware.com\/blog\/?p=29"},"modified":"2022-01-08T15:09:27","modified_gmt":"2022-01-08T20:09:27","slug":"the-united-states-of-america","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.nellaware.com\/blog\/the-united-states-of-america.html","title":{"rendered":"The United States of America"},"content":{"rendered":"

The Union States<\/h2>\n

The Union consisted of 23 states at the start of the Civil War.<\/p>\n

\"The<\/a>

The United States in 1861.<\/p><\/div>\n

The states that remained in the Union are:<\/h2>\n
    \n
  • California<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Connecticut<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • *Delaware<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Illinois<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Indiana<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Iowa<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Kansas<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • *Kentucky<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Maine<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • *Maryland<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Massachusetts<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Michigan<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Minnesota<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • *Missouri<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • New Hampshire<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • New Jersey<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • New York<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Ohio<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Oregon<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Pennsylvania<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Rhode Island<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Vermont<\/strong><\/li>\n
  • Wisconsin<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n

    Notes:<\/strong>
    \n* Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri were Border States.
    \nThe Border States were slave states that remained in the Union.

    \n* West Virginia and Nevada were added to the Union during the Civil War.<\/p>\n

    At the end of the Civil War, the United States of America was once again an undivided Union.<\/b><\/p>\n

    Dr. Gary Gallagher Explaining What the Concept of Union Meant in Mid 19th Century America<\/h2>\n