South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas entered before Fort Sumter.
Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, North Carolina entered after Fort Sumter.
The Confederacy's capture of Fort Sumter led to the Naval blockade.
After the surrender of Fort Sumter in April of 1861, President Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteers to serve for three months and end the Southern rebellion. After Lincoln's announcement, the southern slave states of Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee and North Carolina joined the Confederacy.
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas were the first seven states to leave the Union before Fort Sumter was bombarded.
South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas all seceded before the Battle of Fort Sumter. there you go! :]
It started it. After the evacuation of the Union garrison, Lincoln called for 75,000 volunteer troops, and in retaliation, four more Southern states joined the Confederacy. The war was on.
The confederacy of the southern states wanted Fort Sumter to have a foot hold on the harbors. The confederacy held possession of Fort Sumter until February 1865, when the North came in and raised the Northern states flag and regained control of Fort Sumter.
Four of the eight states of the Upper South - Tennessee, Arkansas, North Carolina and Virginia - had not declared for the Confederacy before Sumter. They did after.
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The Confederacy's capture of Fort Sumter led to the Naval blockade.
Texas and Arkansas were part of the Confederacy during the US Civil War. Both states had slaves, however Texas joined the Confederacy before the assault on Fort Sumter, and Arkansas joined the rebellion after the assault on Fort Sumter.
Seven seceded before Fort Sumter, and four more immediately after it. Total eleven states of the Confederacy.
The Confederacy's capture of Fort Sumter
Louisiana joined the Confederacy because, as with the other Southern slave States, it believed that being indepentant from the USA and joining the Confederacy was the best thing to do in order to maitain its way of life. Louisiana joined the Confederacy before the incident at Fort Sumter. Louisiana declared its secession from the United States on January 26, 1861.
Established a naval blockade around the Southern states
Fort Sumter was a United States fort which happened to be in Charleston Harbor, South Carolina, waters claimed by the Confederacy. After its surrender it became Confederate.
To assert the integrity of the United States, and to demonstrate that he did not acknowledge the Confederacy.
Abraham Lincoln wanted to bring the union and confederacy back together as one and the confedearate states rebelled and attacked fort sumter starting the civil war.