Florida and South Carolina were the only Southern states to secede in 1860. The other 9 seceded in 1861.
Eleven slave states seceded. This included Texas, Louisiana,, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Virginia seceded, then West Virginia seceded from Virginia and rejoined the Union.
There were 33 States in the United States in 1860. These were, in order of admission and/or ratification:DelawarePennsylvaniaNew JerseyGeorgiaConnecticutMassachusettsMarylandSouth CarolinaNew HampshireVirginiaNew YorkNorth CarolinaRhode IslandVermontKentuckyTennesseeOhioLouisianaIndianaMississippiIllinoisAlabamaMaineMissouriArkansasMichiganFloridaTexasIowaWisconsinCaliforniaMinnesotaOregon
Seven seceded before Fort Sumter, and four more immediately after it. Total eleven states of the Confederacy.
There were 11 states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America :AlabamaArkansasFloridaGeorgiaLouisianaMississippiNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVirginia(see related question)
The Confederate States of America (CSA) consisted of eleven states that seceded from the Union. They were: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas.
The most immediate result of Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency in 1860 was that many Southern states seceded from the Union. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States.
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12 seceded and all 12 returned to the Union.
Eleven slave states seceded. This included Texas, Louisiana,, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Virginia seceded, then West Virginia seceded from Virginia and rejoined the Union.
There were 33 States in the United States in 1860. These were, in order of admission and/or ratification:DelawarePennsylvaniaNew JerseyGeorgiaConnecticutMassachusettsMarylandSouth CarolinaNew HampshireVirginiaNew YorkNorth CarolinaRhode IslandVermontKentuckyTennesseeOhioLouisianaIndianaMississippiIllinoisAlabamaMaineMissouriArkansasMichiganFloridaTexasIowaWisconsinCaliforniaMinnesotaOregon
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee.
When Lincoln won election to his first term, but before taking office, South Carolina seceded from the Union on 20 December 1860. This was followed in 1861 by ten other southern states. These eleven seceded southern states then formed their own government, the Confederate States of America (CSA).
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Seven states seceded from the Union to join the Confederates.
There were 11 southern states that seceded from the Union. This took place at the beginning of the Civil War, and these states were called the Confederate States of America.