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Seven Southern states seceded before the Civil War began:

South Carolina (Seceded December 20, 1860)

Mississippi (Seceded January 9, 1861)

Florida (Seceded January 10)

Alabama (Seceded January 11)

Georgia (Seceded January19)

Louisiana (Seceded January 26)

Texas (Seceded February 1)

(The war began on April 12, 1861 when South Carolina fired on Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor.)

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