Original sentence: For most of its duration the Confederacy was engaged in the Civil War, mostly in defense against attacks by Union forces.In 1861 martial law was declared in Maryland (the state which surrounds the U.Two other slave states besides Kentucky and Missouri did not delare a secession.capital, Washington, D
Edited sentence: For most of its duration the Confederacy was engaged in the Civil War, mostly in defense against invasion by Union forces.In 1861, martial law was declared in Maryland (the state which surrounds Washington, D.Slavery remained legal in the non-secessionist slave states and Washington, D.even after Lincoln's Emancipation Proclamation