Secession Dates of the Southern Southern States:South Carolina - December 20, 1860Mississippi - January 9, 1861Florida - January 10, 1861Alabama - January 11, 1861Georgia - January 19, 1861Louisiana - January 26, 1861Texas - February 1, 1861On February 8, 1861, the first six states to secede formed the Confederate States of America, with Texas being admitted to the Confederacy about three weeks later, two days before Abraham Lincoln took office. These are all of the states that seceded during the presidency of James Buchanan, who did not order any response because he believed they had the right to secede if they wanted to.
There were 35 states, total before secession started. 11 Southern States seceded, and fought in a formed union, or group called the Confederacy of the United States. During the Civil War, West Virginia broke off from Virginia, and become the 36th state, joining the Union. The answer is 24, then 25.
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The confederation of the 11 states are called Confederate States of America. Here are the members: Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi, North Carolina, South Carolina, Tennessee, Texas, and Virginia.
Georgia, tennesee, South Carolina, North Carolina, Virginia, Arkansas, Mississippi, Louisiana, Florida, Alabama , Texas they were all slave states, and didnt want to be part of the union
The Confederate States Of America was formed by eleven states that seceded from the United States.
There were 11 states that seceded to form the Confederate States of America :AlabamaArkansasFloridaGeorgiaLouisianaMississippiNorth CarolinaSouth CarolinaTennesseeTexasVirginia(see related question)
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Confederacy- confederate states of America formed by 11 southern states that seceded from the union.
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Some 11 slave states seceded from the United States and formed their own confederacy of state. Secession was not acceptable to the federal union and civil war broke out.
Eleven slave states seceded. This included Texas, Louisiana,, Mississippi, Alabama, Arkansas, Georgia, Florida, North Carolina, South Carolina, and Virginia. Virginia seceded, then West Virginia seceded from Virginia and rejoined the Union.
Jefferson Davis was the leader of the Confederate States.
Texas was the seventh state to secede.
All the states that formed the original confederacy seceded before the civil war, 11 in total: South Carolina Mississippi Alabama Florida Texas Arkansas Georgia North Carolina Tennessee Virginia Louisiana
Those states seceded from the union in attempt to maintain the right to own slaves.