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The first state to secede from the Union was South Carolina, and it did so on December 20, 1860.
December 1860. It was South Carolina.
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South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860
South Carolina seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860, becoming the first state to secede from the Union.
Based on the election of Abraham Lincoln to the US presidency, South Carolina left the Union on December 20, 1860.
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union.
South Carolina
December 1860. It was South Carolina.
South Carolina seceded from Union December 20th, 1860
South Carolina was the first Confederate state to secede, on December 20, 1860. Five more states seceded in January (Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana), and Texas in February, with the remainder (Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina) following the outbreak of hostilities (April-May).