Union (American Civil War)

Map of the division of the states during the Civil War. Blue represents Union states, including those admitted during the war; light blue represents Union states which permitted slavery (border states). Red shows Confederate states. Unshaded areas were not states before or during the Civil War.

During the American Civil War, the Union meant the federal government of the United States, which was supported by the twenty free states and five border states. It was opposed by 11 Southern slave states. The Union states included the Western states of California, Oregon, and (after 1864) Nevada. They also included states then called the "Old Northwest" and now usually thought to be part of the Midwest. However, the Union has been also often called "the North", both then and now.^[1] The Union states were mostly richer and more industrialized.

The Union states were:

Union (American Civil War) Media

This is a filler for wherever a coat of arms is missing (in an infobox, for example). – You can find more information about coats of arms on WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology.
This is a filler for wherever a coat of arms is missing (in an infobox, for example). – You can find more information about coats of arms on WikiProject Heraldry and vexillology.
"Hail, Columbia", the former (unofficial) national anthem of the United States of America, preceded by four ruffles and flourishes as would be played for the Vice President of the United States, performed by the United States Navy Band Ceremonial Band. Featured on the 1990s album Music For Honors and Ceremonies.
Rufst du, mein Vaterland, God Save the King, Oben am jungen Rhein and Kongesangen (1938)
The division of Union and Confederate states during the American Civil War
The United States had large advantages in men and resources at the start of the war, and the ratio grew steadily in favor of the United States. In the chart, "cauc men" means white men (Caucasian).
Anti-Lincoln Copperhead pamphlet from 1864
Lincoln met with his Cabinet for the first reading of the Emancipation Proclamation draft on July 22, 1862.
Union soldiers on the Mason's Island (Theodore Roosevelt Island), 1861
Union soldiers before Marye's Heights, Fredericksburg, May 1863