After the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter in April 1861, four additional states chose to secede from the Union: Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina. These states joined the original seven that had already seceded, forming the Confederate States of America. The decision to secede was driven by a combination of factors, including a commitment to states' rights and the preservation of slavery.
Four of the eight states of the Upper South - Tennessee, Arkansas, North Carolina and Virginia - had not declared for the Confederacy before Sumter. They did after.
The Border States were those of the Upper South which did not secede. They were Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware. The other four states of the Upper South joined the Confederacy after the Battle of Fort Sumter, when Lincoln called for volunteer troops to fight for the Union.
Lincoln's appeal for 75,000 volunteer troops after the Confederate artillery fired on Fort Sumter.
April 1861 - as a response to Lincoln's call for volunteers in the North immediately after the surrender of Fort Sumter. It was one of the last four states to secede.
Lincoln called for volunteers of 75,000 militia to send to the battle at Fort Sumter, this caused additional states to secede from the nation.
The state of South Carolina seceded from the United States on December 20, 1860. South Carolina was the first state to secede and soon after another six Southern states followed. After the Battle of Fort Sumter, another four states seceded and joined the Confederacy.
Four of the eight states of the Upper South - Tennessee, Arkansas, North Carolina and Virginia - had not declared for the Confederacy before Sumter. They did after.
The United States of America and the Confederate States of America.
The Border States were those of the Upper South which did not secede. They were Kentucky, Missouri, Maryland and Delaware. The other four states of the Upper South joined the Confederacy after the Battle of Fort Sumter, when Lincoln called for volunteer troops to fight for the Union.
The Southern state of Florida was the second US state to secede, not the third one. Before the bombardment of the Federal Fort Sumter in Charles harbor in April of 1861, seven states were part of the secession. Four others joined after the fall of Fort Sumter.
Fort Sumter is generally regarded as the first battle of the Civil War. Basically, Confederate troops in the newly seceded state of South Carolina were able to repulse a supply ship which would have helped reinforce federal troops stationed there before them. Not only did this battle raise morale within the seceded states, it also convinced other states to secede as well.
The United States of America and the Confederate States of America.
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas all seceded before the Battle of Fort Sumter. there you go! :]
Borders do not secede but states do. Kentucky, Maryland and Missouri were border states that did not secede in the union.
Lincoln's appeal for 75,000 volunteer troops after the Confederate artillery fired on Fort Sumter.
April 1861 - as a response to Lincoln's call for volunteers in the North immediately after the surrender of Fort Sumter. It was one of the last four states to secede.