Since there is no general agreement on which states are southeast and since you don't say whether you mean only ocean coasts, this answer assumes that southeast states are Mississippi, Alabama, Florida, Georgia, South Carolina, North Carolina and Virginia. All have ocean coasts. If you add Kentucky and Tennesee to the list, they have river coasts. When asking a question, it is a good idea to be a specific as you can.
In 1710, due to disputes over governance, the Carolina colony began to split into North Carolina and South Carolina. The latter became a crown colony in 1729. It had nothing to do with the Civil war as both Carolinas exhisted before the War and both sides joined the South
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Pennsylvania is located in the Middle Atlantic portion of the United States, and it is bordered to the north by Lake Erie and New York, to the east by New Jersey (across the Delaware River), to the south by Maryland, to the southwest by West Virginia, to the southeast by Delaware, and to the west by Ohio.
Virginia now became west Virginia and Virginia
Moving from West Virginia to South Carolina you are traveling south. There are about 421 miles between South Carolina and West Virginia.
West Virginia is north of South Carolina.
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West Virginia is north and a bit west from South Carolina.
If you travel straight north from most parts of South Carolina, you would eventually cross into West Virginia. From the easternmost parts of South Carolina, you would have to go north and a bit west to get into West Virginia.
Tennessee is west of North Carolina and shares a border with it.
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South Dakota is farther west than either North Carolina or West Virginia. North Carolina is located on the east coast of the United States. West Virginia is located about 80 miles north of North Carolina.
West Virginia is pretty much due North of South Carolina.
South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, New Jersey.