Secession in 1861 ·“To rally the men of the North,who would preserve the government as our fathers found it. we should offer no doubtful or divided front. wrote Senator Jefferson Davis (1808-1889). On December 20,1860.South Carolina passed an ordinance of secession from the Union declaring the state once again independent.The rest of the Deep South quickly followed suit.On February 7,1861,the states stretching from South Carolina to Texas organized the Confederate States of America and elected Jefferson Davis President.Secession in 1861 • “To rally the men of the North, who would preserve the government as our fathers found it, we should offer no doubtful or divided front,” wrote Senator Jefferson Davis (1808–1889). • On December 20, 1860, South Carolina passed an ordinance of secession from the Union declaring the state once again independent. The rest of the Deep South quickly followed suit. On February 7, 1861, the states stretching from South Carolina to Texas organized the Confederate States of America and elected Jefferson Davis President