It's important to understanding the dynamics of the Confederacy that Virginia - the largest state to secede - was late & reluctant in doing so. Need to keep Virginia in the fold helped drive decision to put the capital in Richmond, the main army in NoVa under Virginian command.
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Five of the six largest states in 1860 (by electoral votes, representing the white population plus 3/5 of slaves) stayed in the Union, Virginia the only exception. Indiana & Massachusetts, in 1860, both had more electoral votes than any state south of Virginia.
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The 7th & 8th largest states - both then still larger than Illinois, Michigan, or Texas - were Tennessee & Kentucky. The size & internal divides in VA, TN, & KY were crucial to the struggle.
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Tribalism, man. Tribalism.
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Lots of weird permutations.
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But also note that Union sentiment was strong enough for the creation of West Virginia and for regiments of volunteers from Tennessee to fight against the Confederacy.
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Plus 40% of native Virginian US officers stayed loyal to the North.
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TN was pretty divided over secession, and many fought on both sides in this state.
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Maryland wasn’t allowed to leave as Lincoln basically declared martial law. How is your history so bad
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Yeah the state government was basically moved to pro-Union Frederick at bayonet point to avoid pro-secession pressure in Baltimore and Annapolis
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