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In 1860 South Carolina seceded from the union
Based on the election of Abraham Lincoln to the US presidency, South Carolina left the Union on December 20, 1860.
Only one state seceded in 1860, South Carolina.
December 1860, as soon as it heard the result of Lincoln's election as President. Incidentally, it did not just attempt to secede. It did secede, followed by ten more Southern states.
South Carolina
The first state to secede was South Carolina in December 1860. The last to leave the Union was North Carolina in May 1861.
The first state to secede was South Carolina in December 1860. The last to leave the Union was North Carolina in May 1861.
South Carolina seceded on December 20th 1860.
Oddly enough, North Carolina was the last state to secede from the Union on May 20, 1861. South Carolina was the first to leave five months earlier on December 20, 1860.
South Carolina
The first southern state to secede from the Union was South Carolina, which did so on December 20, 1860.
The first state to secede from the Union was South Carolina, and it did so on December 20, 1860.
Because Lincoln had won the 1860 election on a ticket of no new slave-states.
South Carolina seceded from Union December 20th, 1860
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860.
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860