What were the original seven southern states that formed the confederacy?

* South Carolina (December 20, 1860),[8] * Mississippi (January 9, 1861),[9] * Florida (January 10, 1861),[10] * Alabama (January 11, 1861),[11] * Georgia (January 19, 1861),[12] * Louisiana (January 26, 1861),[13] * Texas (February 1, 1861).[14]