Eleven slave states seceded. This included Texas, Louisiana,, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia.
Virginia seceded, then West Virginia seceded from Virginia and rejoined the Union.
Florida and South Carolina were the only Southern states to secede in 1860. The other 9 seceded in 1861.
Seven seceded before Fort Sumter, and four more immediately after it. Total eleven states of the Confederacy.
A total of 11 southern states joined the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. These states were Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia. They seceded from the Union primarily over issues related to slavery and states' rights.
There were 11 states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America :AlabamaArkansasFloridaGeorgiaLouisianaMississippiNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVirginia(see related question)
The Confederate States of America (CSA) consisted of eleven states that seceded from the Union. They were: Virginia, North Carolina, South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, Tennessee, Alabama, Mississippi, Louisiana, Arkansas and Texas.
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There were 11 southern states that seceded from the Union. This took place at the beginning of the Civil War, and these states were called the Confederate States of America.
Florida and South Carolina were the only Southern states to secede in 1860. The other 9 seceded in 1861.
The most immediate result of Abraham Lincoln's election to the presidency in 1860 was that many Southern states seceded from the Union. Abraham Lincoln was the 16th President of the United States.
12 seceded and all 12 returned to the Union.
None, because the Confederate States didn't exist in 1857. The CSA was formed in 1861 by the Southern states that seceded from the Union, and was abolished in 1865 when the Union won the Civil War.
In 1865, there were 36 states in the United States. This number included the Southern states that had seceded during the Civil War, although they were not fully recognized as part of the Union at that time. The conflict officially ended in April 1865, leading to the eventual Reconstruction of the Southern states back into the Union.
When Lincoln won election to his first term, but before taking office, South Carolina seceded from the Union on 20 December 1860. This was followed in 1861 by ten other southern states. These eleven seceded southern states then formed their own government, the Confederate States of America (CSA).
Eleven southern states declared their secession and formed the Confederacy.
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Seven states seceded from the Union to join the Confederates.