Which states were in the Confederacy?

South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee, in the order they left the Union.

What were the border states?

Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri, slave states that stayed in the Union, plus West Virginia after 1863.

Which state was first to secede?

South Carolina, on December 20, 1860.

What was the capital of the Confederacy?

Richmond, Virginia (Montgomery, Alabama, until May 1861).

Civil War States Map Quiz | Atlas Conquest

Civil War Map: Union, Confederacy and Border States

Between December 1860 and June 1861, eleven Southern states left the Union and formed the Confederate States of America. Four slave states stayed in the Union as border states, and West Virginia split from Virginia in 1863. This map quiz helps students in grades 5–12 find every state and know which side it was on.

Practice one side at a time: pick Union, Confederacy or Border states. Guided mode colors each state by its side.

11Confederate states

5border states

20Union states

Quick questions

Which states were in the Confederacy?: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina and Tennessee, in the order they left the Union.
What were the border states?: Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky and Missouri, slave states that stayed in the Union, plus West Virginia after 1863.
Which state was first to secede?: South Carolina, on December 20, 1860.
What was the capital of the Confederacy?: Richmond, Virginia (Montgomery, Alabama, until May 1861).

Every state, by side

Confederacy

Alabama
Arkansas
Florida
Georgia
Louisiana
Mississippi
North Carolina
South Carolina
Tennessee
Texas
Virginia

Union

California
Connecticut
Illinois
Indiana
Iowa
Kansas
Maine
Massachusetts
Michigan
Minnesota
Nevada
New Hampshire
New Jersey
New York
Ohio
Oregon
Pennsylvania
Rhode Island
Vermont
Wisconsin

Border states

Delaware
Kentucky
Maryland
Missouri
West Virginia

Sources and simplifications

States are drawn with modern borders. Kansas joined the Union in January 1861, West Virginia in 1863 and Nevada in 1864; all three are shown with the Union. West Virginia, a border state here, was part of Virginia until 1863; some books list it with the Union. The western lands were territories in 1861 and are shown in grey with modern state lines, not their 1861 territory borders. That includes Indian Territory (today’s Oklahoma), where several Native nations signed treaties with the Confederacy.

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Standards

This map is aligned with:

C3 Framework D2.Geo.2.6-8: Use maps and other representations to explain how the locations of places and regions relate to each other.
National Geography Standard 1: Use maps and other geographic representations to understand and communicate information.
National Geography Standard 2: Use mental maps to organize information about people, places and environments.
National Geography Standard 5: People create regions to make sense of Earth’s complexity.

Alignment is our own. The groups that write these standards have not reviewed or endorsed Atlas Conquest.

Printable test for this map

Teachers can print the Civil War States Map Test with an answer key, with or without a word bank, and in A and B versions so neighbors can’t copy. See the Civil War States Map Test or browse all printable map tests.

US History: Civil War: Union and Confederacy