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South Carolina was the first to secede.
Texas could and did secede from the Union with the rest of the Confederate states. Texas declared its secession from the United States in 1861 to join the Confederate States of America.
Alabama was among the first seven states to secede from the Union and was the home of the first Confederate capital which was at Montgomery.
The states that DID NOT secede from the Union was Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri. These four states did not secede from the Union because They were Border states, meaning they were between the Union and the Confederacy.
To preserve the nation and not let the confederate states secede Best Answer: Politics!
Confederate. It was not one of the first states to secede, and many prominent Virginians like Robert E. Lee, hoped that it would stay in the Union.
The Southern states formed The Confederate States of America and wanted to be a separate country. The Civil War prevented that.
Borders do not secede but states do. Kentucky, Maryland and Missouri were border states that did not secede in the union.
I would say that the first Confederate state is South Carolina because it was the first state to leave the Union(secede).
South Carolina seceded from the USA, followed by six others in the following weeks.
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Mississippi seceded from the Union on January 9, 1861.