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Eleven states seceded from the Union and formed the Confederacy. Twenty states remained loyal to the Union and fought against the southern rebels. List the twenty states that supported the Union directly, and name the capital. Use details to support your response.

Answer 1

The twenty states that supported the Union were the following (with their capitals)

1. California – Sacramento

2. Colorado – Denver

3. Connecticut – Hartford

4. Delaware – Dover

5. Iowa – Des Moines

6. Illinois – Springfield

7. Indiana – Indianapolis

8. Kansas – Topeka

9. Maine – Augusta

10. Massachusetts – Boston

11. Michigan – Lansing

12. Minnesota – St. Paul

13. New Hampshire – Concord

14. New Jersey – Trenton

15. New York – Albany

16. Ohio – Columbus

17. Oregon – Salem

18. Pennsylvania – Harrisburg

19. Rhode Island – Providence

20. Wisconsin – Madison

These twenty states chose to remain loyal to the Union during the American Civil War by providing troops, military supplies, financial resources, and generally upholding the Federal government’s authority against the Confederate states. President Abraham Lincoln famously declared that the War was “maintained, on the part of the Union, for the cause of maintaining the nation’s full integrity”. In other words, these states were loyal to the Union, despite the pressure from the Confederacy to secede. The loyalty of these states was critical in winning the Civil War and preserving the Union.