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).
South Carolina
Yes, they did. That was the trigger for the Civil War.
South Carolina seceded on that date.
South Carolina seceded on December 20th 1860.
The first state to secede from the American Union was South Carolina. Directly as a result of the election of Abraham Lincoln as the 16th American president, this southern state seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860.
South Carolina seceded from Union December 20th, 1860
South Carolina declared it was seceding in December of 1960.
At the start of the U.S. Civil War, South Carolina seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860.
South Carolina seceded from the Union on December 20, 1860, becoming the first state to secede from the Union.
The Southern states seceded from December of 1860 to April of 1861.
The state of South Carolina seceded from the United States on December 20, 1860. South Carolina was the first state to secede and soon after another six Southern states followed. After the Battle of Fort Sumter, another four states seceded and joined the Confederacy.