On January 9, 1861 Mississippi became the second southern state to declare its secession from the United States of America. On February 4, 1861 it joined with six other southern states to form the Confederacy.
The southern states were the Confederacy. All the states from Virginia down to Texas, Florida, Mississippi etc. were in the Confederacy.
To gain control of the Mississippi River and defeat the Confederacy
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Tennessee was the last state in the Union to join the confederacy. Tennessee joined the confederacy of due to laws being passed regarding the institution of slavery.
Texas joined the Confederacy in 1861
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Georgia joined the Confederacy January 2, 1788.
The state of Missouri did join the confederacy in 1861.
Mississippi
Jefferson Davis represented Mississippi in the U.S. Congress before he was elected President of the Confederacy.
The exact number of the Federal naval officers that decided to join the Confederacy is not known.
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