A succession of events and prevailing thoughts made cause for the Southern States to secede.
They were ultimately unsuccessful and ceded to Northern aggressions in which the Union Forces successfully forced the Confederates to accede to demands for peace.
I should add: “They Conceded”...
Not sure why, but your post made me think of this song. Or at least the title.
http://youtube.com/watch?v=r0qBaBb1Y-U