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South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union.
As a consequence of Lincoln’s election, a special convention of the South Carolina legislature votes to secede from the Union.
The eleven states of the CSA, in order of secession, were: South Carolina (seceded December 20, 1860), Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina, and Tennessee (seceded June 8, 1861).
South Carolina was the first Confederate state to secede, on December 20, 1860. Five more states seceded in January (Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana), and Texas in February, with the remainder (Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina) following the outbreak of hostilities (April-May).