The Confederate States of America was formed in February 1861 by seven states which had seceded from the Union.
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James Buchanan was president when seven Souther states seceded. Four more seceded after Abraham Lincoln took office.
No states seceded from the Civil War. Seven states had seceded from the USA by the time of Fort Sumter, and four more seceded as a result of it. Later one new state, West Virginia, seceded from Virginia.
The American Civil War started after seven states seceded from the United States because of slavery. President Lincoln also had to put the betterment of the nation ahead of the ability of states to secede
The States seceded from the Union
After the first seven states seceded, Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers, and this provoked four more states (including Virginia) into seceding.
Seven states seceded from the Union to join the Confederates.
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The seven states of the deep south seceded while Buchanan was still President, before Lincoln was sworn in. These were South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana and Texas.
The Southern US states that seceded from the Union, formed a government called the Confederate States of America. The CSA first consisted of seven Southern states at the time of the attack on Fort Sumter. Shortly afterwards, eleven states had seceded.
Seven states seceded from the Union prior to the outbreak of the Civil War: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. After the Civil War started, four more states seceded: Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.