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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.

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