What is Border states (American Civil War)?
[[File:USA Map 1864 including Civil War Divisions.png|thumb|right|300px|{{Center|All blue areas represent Union states, including those admitted during the war; light blue areas represent Union states which permitted slavery; red areas represent Confederate states.}}]] The '''Border states''' were those states that during the [[American Civil War]] did not leave the [[Union (American Civil War)|Union]].<ref name=TSI>{{cite web |url=http://www.ducksters.com/history/civil_war/border_states.php |title=American Civil War Border States - Brothers at War|publisher=Technological Solutions, Inc|access-date=27 October 2016}}</ref> The border states were [[Delaware]], [[Maryland]], [[Kentucky]], and [[Missouri]].<ref name=GienappUM>William E. Gienapp, 'Abraham Lincoln and the Border States', ''Journal of the Abraham Lincoln Society'', Vol. 13, Iss. 1 (1992), pp. 13-46 ([http://quod.lib.umich.edu/j/jala/2629860.0013.104/--abraham-lincoln-and-the-border-states?rgn=main;view=fulltext])</ref> After [[West Virginia]] separated from [[Virginia]], it was also considered a border state.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.history.com/topics/american-civil-war/secession |title=Secession |website=History |publisher=A&E Television Networks, LLC |access-date=27 October 2016}}</ref> Most border states had strong ties to the [[Southern United States|South]] [[cultural]]ly, but they had [[economic]] ties to the [[Northern United States|North]].<ref name=borderstUSHIST>{{cite web |url=http://www.u-s-history.com/pages/h401.html |title=Border States |website=United States History |publisher=u-s-history.com |access-date=27 October 2016}}</ref> While remaining loyal to the Union, the Border States were themselves [[Slave and free states|slave-holding states]].<ref name=borderstNPS>{{cite web |url=https://www.nps.gov/resources/story.htm%3Fid%3D205 |title=The Border States |author=Amy Murrell Taylor |publisher=National Park Service, U.S. Department of the Interior |access-date=27 October 2016}}</ref> In the Border States the war caused divided loya