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During the American Civil War, the United States was referred to as simply the Union, also known colloquially as the North, after eleven Southern slave states seceded to form the Confederate States of America (CSA), which was called the Confederacy, also known as the South.
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.
During the American Civil War, the United States Army, the land force that fought to preserve the collective Union of the states, was often referred to as the Union Army, the Grand Army of the Republic, the Federal Army, or the Northern Army.
During the American Civil War (1861–1865), the Union, also known as the North, referred to the United States of America, specifically to the national government of President Abraham Lincoln and the 20 free states and five border states that supported it.
The Union was a name used by many to refer to the northern states during the American Civil War, while the derogatory name for people in the north was "Yankees". Besides the obvious fact that they were the remaining states left in the United States, the name seems also implied that the Southern states were disorganized, secessionist and separate.
Secession and the Civil War On April 12, 1861, South Carolina seceded from the United States to form the Confederate States of America, and the Civil War officially began. South Carolina was soon followed by Georgia, Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, and then by Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
En el contexto de la Guerra Civil estadounidense (1861-1865), los estados fronterizos eran estados esclavistas que no se separaron de la Unión. Eran Delaware , Maryland , Kentucky y Missouri y, después de 1863, el nuevo estado de Virginia Occidental .
