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Secession is the formal withdrawal of a state from the Union. There were eleven Southern states that seceded from the Union in 1860, which led to the Civil War.
South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union.
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).
Georgia was added to the state of Union on January 2, 1788. It became the fourth state to be added after the American Revolution War.
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).