South Carolina seceded from the US on December 20, 1860. At that point in time South Carolina functioned as a separate nation. During that time it raised its own army from its militia and cadets from the military university called the Citadel. As it can be seen by the late secession of Virginia, Tennessee, Arkansas and North Carolina which occurred after the surrender of Fort Sumter, South Carolina was taking a huge chance by leaving the Union by itself with no guarantees that other slave states would follow their actions. Texas, as example, at first hesitated to secede.Without Virginia seceding on April 17, 1861, the chances of any hope of success for a new Rebel republic were slim to none.
South Carolina
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.
Texas, Arkansas, Louisiana, Misissippi, Tennessee, Alabama, Florida, South Carolina, North Carolina, Georgia, Virginia.
The eleven states of the CSA, in order of secession, were: South Carolina (seceded December 20, 1860), Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee (seceded June 8, 1861).
The state of South Carolina seceded from the United States on December 20, 1860. South Carolina was the first state to secede and soon after another six Southern states followed. After the Battle of Fort Sumter, another four states seceded and joined the Confederacy.
There were eleven states that seceded by state laws enacted by their legislatures. These were:South CarolinaMississippiFloridaAlabamaGeorgiaLouisianaTexasVirginiaArkansasTennesseeNorth Carolina
James Buchanan was the president in 1860 when South Carolina seceded, but Abraham Lincoln was the president-elect , due to take office in March of 1861.
When South Carolina seceded, Buchanan was still in the chair, and Lincoln was President-elect.
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union.
The state of South Carolina seceded from the USA, followed by six others before Lincoln's inauguration.
Following Lincoln's call for troops after the attack on Fort Sumter, four states initially seceded from the Union: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, and Alabama. They were later joined by Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina, making a total of eleven states that seceded.