Slavery & the Civil War

midnight rain · 02-08-2012, 01:53 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

There's only one slave state that I'm aware of that stayed with Union, and the only reason it did so was because the federal government clamped down on it before it could secede.

Nah there were a couple, Kentucky, Delaware, and I think two more at least.

Unknown Soldier · 02-08-2012, 01:55 PM

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Originally Posted by Tuna

Nah there were a couple, Kentucky, Delaware, and I think two more at least.

I thought it was Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland, Delaware and Kansas but when war broke out sides had to be chosen, whilst others decided to remain neutral initially.........Now if I had my civil war history book close at hand I'd find it in a jiffy.

midnight rain · 02-08-2012, 01:57 PM

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Originally Posted by Unknown Soldier

I thought it was Kentucky, Tennessee, Maryland, Delaware and Kansas but when war broke out sides had to be chosen, whilst others decided to remain neutral initially.........Now if I had my civil war history book close at hand I'd find it in a jiffy.

I think it was Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, all who got pressured by Washington to stay in the Union.

~~Farfisa~~ · 02-08-2012, 02:04 PM

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Originally Posted by Tuna

I think it was Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, all who got pressured by Washington to stay in the Union.

Maryland was pretty much split in two, there were people who fought for the confederacy and the union in my state. I was kind of disappointed after finding out as a kid that "all us Marylanders didn't fight for the union". Doesn't matter much to me now, knowing my ancestors hadn't even gotten out of Germany at the time.

**Janszoon** · 02-08-2012, 02:01 PM

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Originally Posted by Tuna

I think it was Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri, all who got pressured by Washington to stay in the Union.

I believe Delaware was a slave state in name only and Kentucky was technically part of the confederacy, though it remained sort of neutral during the war. Maryland is the state I was referring to in my previous post. And Missouri was basically engaged in its own internal civil war at the time so it wasn't exactly what you'd call a willing part of the union.

midnight rain · 02-08-2012, 02:07 PM

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Originally Posted by Janszoon

I believe Delaware was a slave state in name only and Kentucky was technically part of the confederacy, though it remained sort of neutral during the war.

Not name only, it wasn't very prevalent, but it was still legal. I think that qualifies it as a slave state. Kentucky was part of the border states, but sided with the Union after the Confederate army moved into their state.

**Janszoon** · 02-08-2012, 02:17 PM

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Originally Posted by Tuna

Not name only, it wasn't very prevalent, but it was still legal. I think that qualifies it as a slave state. Kentucky was part of the border states, but sided with the Union after the Confederate army moved into their state.

I've read differently but you may be right. The point, though, is that slavery was the major issue that caused the war. The fracture may not have been a perfectly clean line, but it's no coincidence that happened where it happened.