- The map displays the United States during the Civil War, color-coded to show Union States (blue), Confederate States (yellow), and Border States (teal).
- The Confederate States, shown in yellow, include Texas, Louisiana, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Tennessee, and Arkansas.
- The Union States, shown in blue, include Maine, New Hampshire, Vermont, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, New Jersey, Pennsylvania, Ohio, Michigan, Indiana, Illinois, Wisconsin, Minnesota, Iowa, Kansas, California, and Oregon.
- The Border States, shown in teal, are Missouri, Kentucky, Maryland, and West Virginia (which was part of Virginia at the start of the war but became a separate state in 1863).
- Territories, shown in orange, include areas that were not yet states, such as the large western region encompassing present-day Nevada, Utah, Arizona, and parts of Colorado and New Mexico.
- This map reflects the political alignment during the American Civil War, with the Confederacy comprising states that seceded from the Union, while Border States remained in the Union despite allowing slavery.
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