Why did the Upper South secede?
Why did the Upper South secede?
-Virginia Secedes
=Fort Sumter united the upper North, and many people enlisted when Lincoln called for troops, but upper South was not happy
=April 17, Virginia seceded- heavily populated, and industrialized state→ huge loss for Union
*Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina followed in May (11 Confederate states now)
=western Virginia was antislavery, seceded from Virginia and joined Union as West Virginia in 1863
=Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, and Missouri- remained Union, but many people fought for Confederates
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