Southern states seceded from the U.S. and formed a separate Confederacy. The remaining 12 republics all subsequently seceded. Bynum also concluded that Jones County had not seceded from the Confederacy. Maryland never seceded from the Union, but many of its citizens favored the Confederacy. Tennessee seceded from the Union in June 1861, and Memphis briefly became a Confederate stronghold. The state had seceded from the Union in 1861. In April 1861, Virginia seceded from the United States. Jujuy seceded from Salta in 1834, and the thirteen provinces became fourteen. In effect, the largest republic of the Soviet Union had seceded. In 1861, Virginia seceded from the Union. The Fatimid caliphate began to collapse when its governors the Zirids seceded. On the surface, it appeared that the largest republic had formally seceded. He served until December 1860, when South Carolina seceded from the Union. When Abraham Lincoln was elected, South Carolina seceded from the Union. In 1991, Croatia seceded from Yugoslavia amid the Croatian War of Independence.