All the states that formed the original confederacy seceded before the civil war, 11 in total:
Alabama
Florida
Texas
Arkansas
Georgia
Tennessee
Virginia
Louisiana
Seven states seceded from the Union prior to the outbreak of the Civil War: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. After the Civil War started, four more states seceded: Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
West Virginia seceded from Virginia when Virginia seceded from the Union. It was admitted in 1864.
They seceded from the Union and set up an independent federation of States: the Confederacy.
South Carolina seceded from the Union before the Civil War.
The Union States (northern and non slavery) and the Confederate State (seceded from the union, southern, and pro slavery).
Seven states seceded from the Union prior to the outbreak of the Civil War: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. After the Civil War started, four more states seceded: Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
South Carolina seceded prior to the start of the American Civil War, but it was the first state to do so.
Prior to the Civil War, southern states seceded to form their own country; the Confederate States of America.
On January 10, 1860, Florida seceded from the Union. Florida was the first State to do so. Later that year South Carolina became the second State to do so.
West Virginia seceded from Virginia when Virginia seceded from the Union. It was admitted in 1864.
They seceded from the Union and set up an independent federation of States: the Confederacy.
They seceded from the Union, and the US Civil War, followed.
South Carolina seceded from the Union before the Civil War.
Secession is the formal withdrawal of a state from the Union. There were eleven Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860, which led to the Civil War.
The Union States (northern and non slavery) and the Confederate State (seceded from the union, southern, and pro slavery).
The first state to secede from the American Union was South Carolina. Directly as a result of the election of Abraham Lincoln as the 16th American president, this southern state seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860.
Do you mean who seceded first - from the Union? That was South Carolina. Later one state seceded from the Confederacy, and that was West Virginia.