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The four upper south states did not all secede on the same day. The day after the attack on Fort Sumter, April 15, 1861, Lincoln called for 75,000 troops to help "suppress the rebellion", and assigned a quota of part of that 75,000 to each state, including the four states of the upper south. That put those four states to the decision of whether to help make war on their relatives and neighbors in adjoining states, or to throw in with them. Each of the four states had to work its way through whatever political framework had been created for making the decision on whether to secede. Virginia, for instance, had a Convention to decide the issue which had been meeting since February 13, after the seven states which were the first to secede had formed the Confederate States of America on February 4. The Virginia Convention had actually voted against secession on April 4, but then eight days later the attack on Sumter began, and on April 15 came Lincoln's call for troops from Virginia. Since the Virginia Convention was already meeting and able to decide the issue, they were able to vote to secede on April 17. It took North Carolina a month longer, because a statewide referendum had to be organized to let all the eligible voters vote on the issue, so North Carolina did not secede until May 20.
South CarolinaThe only state that declared their secession in 1860 was South Carolina on 20 December 1860. Six other states declared secession between then and Lincoln's inauguration on 4 March 1861. When the Civil War began at Fort Sumter on 12 April 1861 four additional states opted to secede. South Carolina, was the first state to secede from the Union, on December 20, 1860.followed by:Mississippi on January 9, 1861Florida on January 10, 1861Alabama on January 11, 1861Georgia on January 19, 1861Louisiana on January 26, 1861Texas on February 1, 1861(Abraham Lincoln inaugurated as President on March 4, 1861)(Hostilities began at Fort Sumter, S.C., on April 12, 1861)Virginia on April 17, 1861Arkansas on May 6,1861North Carolina on May 20, 1861Tennessee on June 11, 1861
The first four states to secede were: South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida and Alabama.
Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, and Missouri were four slave states that did not secede from the Union. West Virginia, another slave state, seceded from Virginia and joined the Union during the Civil War. it was 4 that didn't secede from the union.
The Confederate States of America was formed on February 4, 1861 after some Southern states decided to secede or leave the Union. i do believe it was actually february 8th.
South Carolina on 20 December 1860.Mississippi on 9 January 1861.Florida on 10 January 1861.Alabama on 11 January 1861.Georgia on 19 January 1861.Louisiana on 26 January 1861.Texas on 1 February 1861.Virginia on 17 April 1861.Arkansas on 6 May 1861.North Carolina on 20 May 1861.Tennessee on 8 June 1861.Missouri, Maryland, Delaware, and Kentucky did not secede
No. Only secession required action on the part of state's legislators. Unless articles of secession were voted by a particular state, that state would automatically remain part of the Union. And only in the southern states was there sufficient popular sentiment, economic motivation, and legislative willingness to actually secede from the U.S.
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The 7 states that left the union were the Confederate States of America, or the Confederacy. 4 additional states joined the first 7 to complete the Confederacy.
There is no acceptable, legal process for seceding from the Union. In 1861, believing they had the legal right to secede, 7 states held votes of their legislatures and passed secession bills. The states notified the federal government that they were no longer in the Union. Later 4 other states joined the 7 Confederate states. The outgoing president, James Buchanan, stated that the secession was illegal but that he did not believe the government had a right to send military force to quell the breakaway movement. President Lincoln, upon taking office, received the justification for military action when South Carolina militia and military school students fired on Fort Sumter. The Union's military victory over the secessionists effectively eliminated the idea that states could decide to leave the Union.
the 4 border states between the north and the south