A notional new country - the Confederate States of America.
Michigan never seceeded; it was a Union state
South Carolina seceeded from the United States of America
The North and South were arguing about the existance of slavery, and Abraham Lincoln was elected president. He was anti-slavery, and abolishing slavery would destroy the South's slave based economy (cotton). They seceeded from the Union to keep their slaves.
They returned in 1867. Although the Civil War ended in 1865.
South Carolina
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South Carolina seceeded on December 20, 1860 after Abraham Lincoln won the 1860 election. However Lincoln did not become president until sworn in on March 4, 1861; so James Buchanan was still president when South Carolina seceeded.
It was because of the South that the Civil War started, because they seceeded from the Union and started the first battle. So you can say the general was Robert E. Lee of the Confederacy.
Yes, but it wasn't one of the first states to do so. That was fortunate, when Sherman arrived there after putting the boot into South Carolina, which was identified as the state that started the war.
what were the south called if they wanted to withdraw from the Union
All of them. The states that had seceeded were all readmitted to the Union. In addition, West Virginia and Nevada were added during the war.
The first Alabama state flag was created in January, 1861, when the state seceeded from the Union. The current flag, the crimson cross, was created in 1895.