In the American Civil War (1861–65), the border states were four, later five, slave states that primarily supported the Union. They were Delaware, Maryland...

The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union ("the North")...

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...

Battles of the American Civil War were fought between April 12, 1861, and May 12–13, 1865 in 19 states, mostly Confederate (Alabama, Arkansas, Florida...

that declared secession and warred against the United States during the American Civil War. The states are South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama,...

sometimes used by historians regarding the time from the end of the American Civil War in 1865 to the when the U.S. census bureau officially declared a closure...

the American Civil War agree that the preservation of the institution of slavery was the principal aim of the eleven Southern states (seven states before...

was a southern border state of key importance in the American Civil War. It officially declared its neutrality at the beginning of the war, but after a...

Border states may refer to: Limitrophe states, states bordering a given country, e.g. Russia Border states (American Civil War), the five slave states...

the American Civil War in modern American usage is simply "The Civil War". Although rarely used during the war, the term "War Between the States" became...