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Confederate Order of Secession
Civil War Encyclopedia >> Politics
| December 17, 1860 | South Carolina Secessionist Convention is called to order. The convention decides unanimously to secede from the United States and appoints a committee to draw up the needed documents. | South Carolina |
| Edmund Ruffin | ||
| December 20, 1860 | South Carolina's convention officially approves the Ordinance of Secession | South Carolina |
| South Carolina Ordinance of Secession | ||
| January 9, 1861 | Mississippi secedes from the Union | Mississippi |
| Mississippi Ordinance of Secession | ||
| January 10, 1861 | Florida secedes from the Union. They simply replace the term "United States" with "Confederate States" in their constitution | Florida |
| Florida Ordinance of Secession | ||
| January 11, 1861 | Alabama secedes from the Union | Alabama |
| Alabama Ordinance of Secession | ||
| January 16, 1861 January 19, 1861 |
Following two days of debate and a day of hammering out the wording of the secession document, Georgia votes to leave the Union on January 19. | Georgia |
| Georgia Ordinance of Secession | ||
| January 26, 1861 | By a vote of 112 to 17, the Louisiana Secessionist Convention votes to secede from the Union | Louisiana |
| Louisiana Ordinance of Secession | ||
| February 1, 1861 | Texas secessionist convention votes 166 to 7 to secede, calling for a ratification election by the people | Texas |
| Texas Ordinance of Secession | ||
| March 21, 1861 | Missouri secessionist convention adjourns having voted 98-1 against secession | Missouri |
| April 17, 1861 | Virgina Secession Convention approves the wording of a referendum of secession and calls for a popular vote to approve it. | Virginia |
| Virginia Ordinance of Secession | ||
| Virginia Secession Convention | ||
| May 6, 1861 | Arkansas secedes from the Union | Arkansas |
| Arkansas Ordinance of Secession | ||
| May 6, 1861 | Tennessee votes to put the question of secession before the people in a popular referendum | Tennessee |
| May 20, 1861 | Kentucky declares its neutrality in the War Between The States | Kentucky |
| May 20, 1861 | Delegates to the North Carolina Secession Convention vote to withdraw from the Union | North Carolina |
| North Carolina Ordinance of Secession | ||
| May 21, 1861 | Missouri declares its neutrality in the Civil War | Missouri |
| May 23, 1861 | Virginia ratifies the Secessionist Convention referendum by a vote of 132,201 to 37,451 | Virginia |
| Virginia Secession Convention | ||
| June 8, 1861 | By a vote of 108,339 to 47,233, Tennessee decides to secede from the United States | Tennessee |
| Tennessee Ordinance of Secession |
Six Deep South states, led by South Carolina, were the first to secede. As the representatives of these states met at the Convention of Seceding States in Montgomery, Alabama to form the Confederate States of America, word reached them that a seventh state, Texas, joined the Confederacy. It would take the federal reinforcement of Fort Sumter and the Confederate response before the upper tier of Southern states decided to join the fledgling Confederate Nation.
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Confederate Order of Secession was last changed on - March 21, 2008
Confederate Order of Secession was added in 2005
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