The first state to secede from the Union was South Carolina.
That did not immediately cause a war. Congress didn't know if other states would follow.
When they did, the new Confederacy felt strong enough to fire on a U.S. Army base on a small island in Charleston Harbour.
After that, Lincoln called for volunteer troops. And the war was on.
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South Carolina
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860.
South Carolina on December 20, 1860
South Carolina was the first to secede.
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South Carolina seceded prior to the start of the American Civil War, but it was the first state to do so.
South Carolina.
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union on December 20, 1860.
The capital of South Carolina, the first state to secede from the Union before the Civil War, is Columbia.
South Carolina on December 20, 1860
South Carolina was the first to secede.
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No state seceded from the Union in 1880. The first state to secede from the United States was South Carolina, which did so on December 20, 1860, leading to the Civil War. The year 1880 is notable for other historical events, but it did not witness any state secession.