When did Virginia secede from the Union and join the Confederacy?

Missouri, Kentucky, West Virginia, Maryland and Delaware

The last four states to secede from the Union and join the Confederacy were: Virginia, April 17, Arkansas and Tennessee May 6, and North Carolina, May 20, 1861. ...

Maryland, Delaware, Kentucky, west Virginia and Missouri

At the beginning of the Civil War the State of Virginia voted to secede from the Union, but many of the the people in what is now West Virginia were loyal to the Union and did not want to join the Confederacy, so they split off from the rest of Virginia and they officially became a state on June 20, 1863. ...

Answer The US capitol was in Washington, D.C. The capitol of the Confederacy was originally in Montgomery, AL. However, Virginia was debating if they would secede and join the Confederacy. Somehow, the offer was made to move the Confederate capitol to Richmond in order to entice the State to join. Virginia seceded from the Union. General Robert E. Lee followed the decision of his State. The Capitol was moved to Richmond. ...

North Carolina seceded from the Union on May 20, 1861. It was the last Southern state to join the Confederacy. ...

They did not want to have slavery in the western parts of Virginia, so these western counties broke off to form another state so they could let Virginia join the confederacy and they join the Union ...

The Border States were a key part of the US Civil War. They were slave states that did not join the Confederacy, it was important for the Union to prevent that they did not secede and join the South. ...

Louisiana seceded from the Union to join it neighbors of the Deep South January 26, 1861. It was the seventh US state to secede from the US. ...

Lincoln arrested state leaders who wanted to secede.

West Virginia was once part of Virginia. When Virginia declared secession from the United States to become part of the Confederacy, the counties in northwestern Virginia voted to secede from Virginia and remain loyal to the United States. That area of Virginia became West Virginia. West Virginia became the 35th U.S. state on June 20, 1863. ...

West Virginia was once part of Virginia. When Virginia declared secession from the United States to become part of the Confederacy, the counties in northwestern Virginia voted to secede from Virginia and remain loyal to the United States. That area of Virginia became West Virginia. West Virginia became the 35th U.S. state on June 20, 1863. ...

in 1861 when his home state of Virginia seceded from the Union

The Confederacy - though he had hoped that his home-state of Virginia would not join the Confederacy, and he could have accepted Lincoln's offer of supreme command of all the Union armies. ...

...secede. When Lincoln made his appeal for 75,000 volunteers, Virginia and three other states decided to join the Confederacy, making it eleven strong in all. ...

Maryland and Delaware, Kentucky, Missouri

West Virginia was once part of Virginia. When Virginia declared secession from the United States to become part of the Confederacy, the counties in northwestern Virginia voted to secede from Virginia and remain loyal to the United States. That area of Virginia became West Virginia. West Virginia became the 35th U.S. state on June 20, 1863. ...

The majority of people living in northwest Virginia were Union sympathisers. They did not want to join the Confederacy so they formed a new state. ...

Lincoln declared martial law,

I don't think there was a state with exactly 48 counties that joined the Union. West Virginia with 55 counties broke off from Virginia and joined the Union. 28 counties in Tennessee, mostly in the eastern part of the state supported the Union. Various counties in other Confederate states where plantations did not dominate the economy also supported the Union or at least felt opposed to secession. ...

West Virginia was once part of Virginia. When Virginia declared secession from the United States to become part of the Confederacy, the counties in northwestern Virginia voted to secede from Virginia and remain loyal to the United States. That area of Virginia became West Virginia. During the Civil War West Virginia became the 35th U.S. state on June 20, 1863. Nevada was admitted into the Union on October 31, 1864 becoming the 36th state to join the Union. ...

No this statement is false. Virgina was the last state to join the confederacy. ...

Because Lincoln had jailed its pro-Confederate leaders.

California stayed with the Union side; though there were some Californians who wanted to join the Confederacy instead. There were also significant numbers of people who wanted California to become an independent country. ...

The Convention of Virginia declared the Secession On Apr.17,1861 Virginia seceded from the Union and joined the Confederacy on April 17, 1861. Prior to this, the Confederacy numbered seven states. Virginia became the eighth state to leave the Union. Part of this was due to President Lincoln's call for 75,000 volunteers to end the Southern rebellion. ...