On January 10, 1861, Florida delegates, who were meeting in Tallahassee, the state capital, voted to secede from the U.S. With that action, Florida became one of the original 6 states to secede from the U.S. and form the Confederacy. (A factoid from America's Library.)
Arkansas joined the Confederacy after the assault on Fort Sumter. They joined on May 6, 1861.
None. By definition, the Border States were the slave-states that stayed out of the Confederacy. At one point, the Confederate General Braxton Bragg managed to invade Kentucky and set up a Confederate government there (and briefly, the regimental tailors were ordered to sew a twelfth star into the Stars and Bars), but it collapsed as soon as he retreated back across the state border.
Under the Presidency of James Buchanan (15th President: 1857-1861), SC was the first state to leave the Union. The creation of the Confederacy information can be found from this link: http://www.bookrags.com/research/1861-creation-of-the-confederacy-acwr-03/
Seven states seceded from the union and formed the Confederacy before Abraham Lincoln took office. They were:South Carolina (December 20, 1860)Mississippi (January 9, 1861)Florida (January 10, 1861)Alabama (January 11, 1861)Georgia (January 19, 1861)Louisiana (January 26, 1861)Texas (February 1, 1861)After Confederate forces fired on Ft. Sumter an additional four states seceded and joined the Confederacy. They were:Virginia (April 17, 1861)Arkansas (May 6, 1861)Tennessee (May 7, 1861)North Carolina (May 20, 1861)The northwestern counties of Virginia then seceded from Virginia and sought admission to the Union as the State of West Virginia.
The state of Missouri did join the confederacy in 1861.
Texas joined the Confederacy in 1861
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No states joined the Confederacy during the month of March 1861. Seven states joined the Confederacy prior to March 1861 and four more after that.
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No, it didn't. Arkansas joined the confederacy on May 6, 1861, while the hostilities started on Apr.12, 1861.
in 1861 when his home state of Virginia seceded from the Union
It joined the CONFEDERACY in June 8, 1861.
The southern states were the Confederacy. All the states from Virginia down to Texas, Florida, Mississippi etc. were in the Confederacy.
On January 10, 1861, Florida delegates, who were meeting in Tallahassee, the state capital, voted to secede from the U.S. With that action, Florida became one of the original 6 states to secede from the U.S. and form the Confederacy. (A factoid from America's Library.)
Virginia- April 17, 1861 Arkansas- May 6, 1861 Tennessee- May 7, 1861 North Carolina- May 20, 1861
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.