Alabama first became a state in 1819 & then left the Union in this year
When 
Alabama seceded from the Union in 1861, the state's 435,080... [DOC] [TLE] Capital Cities of the Confederacy - Civil War Trust [PAR] Founded in 1819, on the high bluffs above the Alabama River and 330 miles from 
the Gulf of ... On January 11, 1861, the State of Alabama seceded from the Union.