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Library of Congress1861

Ordinance of Secession, 1861.

This document is a one-page handwritten copy of the Ordinance of Secession passed on January 10, 1861, by the members of the Florida Convention of the People (commonly referred to as the Secession Convention). Pursuant to an act of the Florida legislature approved on November 30, 1860, Governor Madison S. Perry issued a proclamation calling an election on Saturday, December 22, 1860, for delegates to a convention to address the issue of whether Florida had a right to withdraw from the Union. The Secession Convention met in Tallahassee on January 3, 1861, and passed, on January 10, the Ordinance of Secession. The ordinance declared Florida to be "a sovereign and independent nation." On April 13, the convention ratified the constitution adopted by the Confederate States of America. The convention adjourned on April 27, 1861.

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The immediate agencies by which the southern states were precipitated into secession

Caption title. "Intended as chapter II of a contemplated work, 'The campaigns of the great American war, to suppress the slaveholders' rebellion' (of which chapter I was published at pages 75 to 90, Gen. De Peyster's address) to have been written conjointly by Brev. Maj.-Gen. J. Watts De Peyster and Joseph B. Lyman, Esq."--P. [1]. Probable date of publication inferred from text. Also available in digital form on the Library of Congress Web site. LC copy formerly part of YA Collection: YA 1662[...]. Source: Source unknown.

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The iron furnace, or, slavery and secession,

A digital reproduction made from a copy held by the University of Michigan is available from the University of Michigan's Making of America Web site. Also available in digital form.

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Chronicles of the rebellion of 1861, forming a complete history of the secession movement from its commencement, to which are added the muster roll of the Union army and explanatory and illustrative notes of the leading features of the campaign.

Intended to have been issued in weekly parts, each to contain, beside the history, the muster roll of one regiment. Only two parts were issued. These are paged continuously and have appended: no. 1. The muster roll of the 7th regiment, N.Y. state militia. no. 2: Muster roll of the 69th regiment, N.Y. state militia. Also available in digital form.

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In the Senate of the United States. February 20, 1862. -- Ordered to be printed. Mr. Wilkinson submitted the following resolution; which was considered by unanimous consent, and referred to the Committee on the Judiciary. Resolution. Whereas Lazarus W. Powell, a Senator from the State of Kentucky, after eleven states had published their ordinances of secession, by which to sever themselves from the government of the United States, had formed a confederation and provisional government, and made war upon the United States, did, on the 20th day of June last, at the City of Henderson, in the State of Kentucky, attend a large southern state's rights convention, over which he was called to and did preside; and, on taking his seat as president thereof, made a speech, in which he stated the object of said convention, and then appointed a committee, which reported to said convention a long series of resolutions that were unanimously adopted by it. Among those resolutions are the following

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Emancipation Proclamation.

Initially, the Civil War between the North and the South was fought by the North to prevent the secession of the South and preserve the Union. Ending slavery was not a goal. That changed on September 22, 1862, when President Abraham Lincoln issued his Preliminary Emancipation Proclamation, which stated that slaves in those states or parts of states still in rebellion as of January 1, 1863, would be free. One hundred days later Lincoln issued the Emancipation Proclamation declaring "that all persons held as slaves" within the rebellious areas "are, and henceforward shall be, free." Lincoln's bold step was a military measure by which he hoped to inspire the slaves in the Confederacy to support the Union cause. Because it was a military measure, the proclamation was limited in many ways. It applied only to states that had seceded from the Union, and left slavery untouched in the border states. Although the Emancipation Proclamation did not end slavery, it did fundamentally transform the character of the war. Henceforth, every advance of Federal troops expanded the domain of freedom. Moreover, the proclamation announced the acceptance of black men into the Union Army and Navy. By the end of the war, almost 200,000 black soldiers and sailors had fought for the Union and their own freedom.

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A broadside for the times

In verse. Attributed to Paulding. Cf. NUC pre-1956 imprints. Also available in digital form.

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