<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" id="mwTg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas" id="mwTw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Texas">Texas</a> <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Texas_in_the_American_Civil_War#Seccession" id="mwUA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Texas in the American Civil War">secedes</a> from the United States and joins the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" id="mwUQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Confederate States of America">Confederacy</a> a week later.