Border States

[MikeyB]

How would you rank pro-Union sentiment strength across the border states? I assume Delaware was basically all pro Union? Of KY, MO and MD, how do they rank?

Regarding Kentucky, they had a pro secession governor and a largely pro Union legislature. Which was more reflective of the state?

 

[Lubliner]

Kentucky was known to be against emancipation, and the enrollment of black soldiers, putting them at odds with Federal Policy after 1862. Before that many prominent Kentuckians had confederate sympathies, and there were arrests made to send them south, and also an effort to divide their properties for the Union families suffering loss.
Lubliner.

 

[leftyhunter]

How would you rank pro-Union sentiment strength across the border states? I assume Delaware was basically all pro Union? Of KY, MO and MD, how do they rank?

Regarding Kentucky, they had a pro secession governor and a largely pro Union legislature. Which was more reflective of the state?

Put it this way per the Missouri Historical Society 110 k Union enlisted vs 30k Confedrate enlisted. Missouri had a fair amount of Confedrate guerrlla activity in certain counties and they did tie up Union regiments but less so after mid 1862. Missouri also had quite a bit of Union milita. Post battle of Westport in late September of 1864 Confedrate guerrilla activity was much curtailed.
Kentucky per the book " the South vs the South" had 50k Union enlisted vs 25k Confedrate enlisted. Kentucky had Confedrate guerrillas but by 1864 they were on the wane.
I can't seem to get good figures on Maryland.
I have never found evidence on Confedrate guerrilla no go zones that the Union Army would not go to.
Leftyhunter

 

[JerryD]

Put it this way per the Missouri Historical Society 110 k Union enlisted vs 30k Confedrate enlisted. Missouri had a fair amount of Confedrate guerrlla activity in certain counties and they did tie up Union regiments but less so after mid 1862. Missouri also had quite a bit of Union milita. Post battle of Westport in late September of 1864 Confedrate guerrilla activity was much curtailed.
Kentucky per the book " the South vs the South" had 50k Union enlisted vs 25k Confedrate enlisted. Kentucky had Confedrate guerrillas but by 1864 they were on the wane.
I can't seem to get good figures on Maryland.
I have never found evidence on Confedrate guerrilla no go zones that the Union Army would not go to.
Leftyhunter

According to Livermore about 3500 Marylanders enlisted in the CSA, but this may not count Marylanders who joined Virginia regiments. The Official Records records about 45,000 Marylanders in the Union ranks and navies. There were 17 Union Maryland infantry regiments, and 6 Union Cavalry regiments, while there is only two Maryland CSA infantry regiments, and two Maryland Cavalry regiments, plus assorted other companies serving in other units.

I think its to be expected that border states were predominantly Union leaning, in that if they were southern leaning they would have seceded.

 

[Nebraska Lawdog]

A significant amount of anti-north sentiment in MO was generated by looting raids originating in Kansas.
Add to this the aftermath of General Order Number 11 displacing populace and burning farms.
Many neutral/pro-north families were impoverished by those raids.
i.e.: The Younger farm, owned by former Col. Henry Younger, (father of the later notorious Younger Brothers)
looted and burned by pro-north forces.

I'm from Jackson County, MO and have done extensive reading on the subject.

 

[leftyhunter]

According to Livermore about 3500 Marylanders enlisted in the CSA, but this may not count Marylanders who joined Virginia regiments. The Official Records records about 45,000 Marylanders in the Union ranks and navies. There were 17 Union Maryland infantry regiments, and 6 Union Cavalry regiments, while there is only two Maryland CSA infantry regiments, and two Maryland Cavalry regiments, plus assorted other companies serving in other units.

I think its to be expected that border states were predominantly Union leaning, in that if they were southern leaning they would have seceded.

Kentucky was more neutral then anything with most young men just trying to avoid the war. Missouri and Kentucky had quite a bit of guerrilla warfare with the Union ultimately prevailing. Overall the border state leaned Union but certainly significant amounts of Confederate soldiers and guerrillas. On the plus side for the Union there were quite a few Unionist soldiers and guerrillas in Confederate states so it more then worked out for the Union.
Leftyhunter