A Brief History
On January 9, 1861, the State of Mississippi seceded from the United States of America, the second of the slave holding states to do so. The states that seceded and formed the Confederate States of America included South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina.
Digging Deeper
Slave holding states that chose not to secede were Maryland and Delaware. Two other states were split between those that wanted to secede and those that remained loyal to the Union, and actually belonged to BOTH sides during the American Civil War, namely, Kentucky and Missouri.
The Missouri state legislature voted to not secede, but enough Missourians sent delegates to the Confederacy to claim membership, while Kentucky was technically a “neutral” state within the Union, but a plurality of counties in Kentucky voted for secession and sent representatives to the CSA government.
Other Southern states had considerable populations opposed to secession and or the war, and many Northern states had people against waging war on the Confederacy.
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Historical Evidence
For more information, please see…
Oneill, Bill and Dwayne Walker. The American Civil War Trivia Book: Interesting American Civil War Stories You Didn’t Know. CreateSpace, 2018.
Savas, Theodore. Brady’s Civil War Journal: Photographing the War 1861–65. Skyhorse, 2022.
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