[Ruy Dias de Bivar]

So, why did FIVE SLAVE STATES stay in the Union? Some were still slave states after the war and only gave it up after the 13th Amendment was ratified.
Last flag to fly over legal slavery was the Stars and Stripes.

[TBP]

So, why did FIVE SLAVE STATES stay in the Union?

Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri (although the latter two had dual state governments, accounting for the 13 stars on teh Confederate flag), and what other one?