MICHIGAN
NEBRASKA
TERRITORY
IOWA
PENNSYLVANIA
COLORADO
TERRITORY
ILLINOIS
OHIO
INDIANA
DELAWARE
WEST
VIRGINIA*
KANSAS
MISSOURI
MARYLAND
WASHINGTON, D.C.
VIRGINIA
(Apr. 17, 1861)
KENTUCKY
INDIAN
TERRITORY
NEW
JERSEY
NORTH CAROLINA
TENNESSEE
(May 20, 1861)
(May 7, 1861)
ARKANSAS
SOUTH
CAROLINA
(May 6, 1861)
(Dec. 20, 1860)
MISSISSIPPI
(Jan. 9, 1861)
ALABAMA
GEORGIA
(Jan. 19, 1861)
AT L A N T I C
OCEAN
(Jan. 11, 1861)
TEXAS
(Feb. 1, 1861)
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Oakes et al. - Of the People: A History of the United States, 1e
May 6, 2009 - First Proof
Oakes_Fig15.1 - The Secession of the Southern States
Cyan Magenta Yellow Black
LOUISIANA
(Jan. 26, 1861)
0
Gulf of Mexico
FLORIDA
Border states (slave states that did not secede)
States that seceded before the fall of Fort Sumter
States that seceded after the fall of Fort Sumter
*The western counties of Virginia remained loyal to the Union
and were admitted as the state of West Virginia in 1863.
(Jan. 10, 1861)
0
100
100
200 miles
200 kilometers