Virginia held a statewide referendum to determine whether it would secede from the Union.

They've declared that they're seceding from the Union, but nobody knows who's now in power.

He continued as an attorney until his home state seceded from the Union in the spring of 1861.

As a result, it did not have early military significance when states began seceding from the Union.

The constitution also guaranteed states with the right to secede from the Union after a period of 10 years.

South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union.

As such, he helped the latter to secede from the Union.

In effect, the largest and most powerful republic had seceded from the Union.

He has said that the South seceded from the Union because of states' rights, not slavery.

Tennessee was the last state to secede from the Union.