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Ordinance of Secession

Index Ordinance of Secession

The Ordinance of Secession is the general name given to documents drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861 by each of the thirteen southern states and the Territory of Arizona formally seceding from the United States of America. [1]

35 relations: Alabama in the American Civil War, American Civil War, Arizona, Arkansas in the American Civil War, Claiborne Fox Jackson, Confederate Arizona, Confederate States of America, Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union, Florida in the American Civil War, George W. Crawford, Georgia in the American Civil War, Kentucky, Kentucky in the American Civil War, Library of Virginia, List of signers of the Georgia Ordinance of Secession, List of state and territorial capitols in the United States, Louisiana in the American Civil War, Milledgeville, Georgia, Mississippi in the American Civil War, Missouri, Missouri in the American Civil War, Missouri secession, New Mexico, North Carolina in the American Civil War, Political convention, Referendum, Secession, South Carolina in the American Civil War, Tennessee in the American Civil War, Texas in the American Civil War, United States, University of Georgia, Virginia in the American Civil War, West Virginia, Wheeling Convention.

Alabama in the American Civil War

The State of Alabama was central to the Civil War, with the secession convention at Montgomery, birthplace of the Confederacy, inviting other states to form a Southern Republic, during January-March 1861, and develop constitutions to legally run their own affairs.

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American Civil War

The American Civil War (also known by other names) was a war fought in the United States from 1861 to 1865.

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Arizona

Arizona (Hoozdo Hahoodzo; Alĭ ṣonak) is a U.S. state in the southwestern region of the United States.

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Arkansas in the American Civil War

During the American Civil War, Arkansas was a Confederate state, though it had initially voted to remain in the Union.

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Claiborne Fox Jackson

Claiborne Fox Jackson (April 4, 1806 – December 6, 1862), also known as C. F. Jackson, was an American politician who was the 15th Governor of Missouri from January 3, 1861, until his deposition on July 23, 1861.

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Confederate Arizona

Confederate Arizona, officially the Territory of Arizona, and also known as Arizona Territory, was a territory claimed by the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War, between 1861 and 1865.

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Confederate States of America

The Confederate States of America (CSA or C.S.), commonly referred to as the Confederacy, was an unrecognized country in North America that existed from 1861 to 1865.

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Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union

The Declaration of the Immediate Causes Which Induce and Justify the Secession of South Carolina from the Federal Union was a proclamation issued on December 24, 1860, by the government of South Carolina to explain its reasons for seceding from the United States.

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Florida in the American Civil War

Florida joined the Confederate States of America at the beginning of the Civil War, as the third of the original seven states to secede from the Union, following Lincoln's 1860 election.

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George W. Crawford

George Walker Crawford (December 22, 1798 – July 27, 1872) was a licensed attorney turned politician from Columbia County, Georgia.

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Georgia in the American Civil War

Georgia was one of the original seven slave states that formed the Confederate States of America in February 1861, triggering the U.S. Civil War.

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Kentucky

Kentucky, officially the Commonwealth of Kentucky, is a state located in the east south-central region of the United States.

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Kentucky in the American Civil War

Kentucky was a border state of key importance in the American Civil War.

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Library of Virginia

The Library of Virginia in Richmond, Virginia, is the library agency of the Commonwealth of Virginia, its archival agency, and the reference library at the seat of government.

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List of signers of the Georgia Ordinance of Secession

Georgia's Ordinance of Secession was adopted at the Georgia Secession Convention of 1861.

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List of state and territorial capitols in the United States

This is a list of state and territorial capitols in the United States, the building or complex of buildings from which the government of each U.S. state and organized territory, along with Washington, D.C., exercises its authority.

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Louisiana in the American Civil War

Antebellum Louisiana was a slave state, where enslaved African Americans had comprised the majority of the population during the eighteenth century French and Spanish colonial period.

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Milledgeville, Georgia

Milledgeville is a city in and the county seat of Baldwin County in the U.S. state of Georgia.

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Mississippi in the American Civil War

Mississippi was the second southern state to declare its secession from the United States of America, on January 9, 1861.

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Missouri

Missouri is a state in the Midwestern United States.

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Missouri in the American Civil War

During the American Civil War, Missouri was a hotly contested border state populated by both Union and Confederate sympathizers.

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Missouri secession

During the American Civil War, the secession of Missouri was controversial because of the disputed status of the state of Missouri.

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New Mexico

New Mexico (Nuevo México, Yootó Hahoodzo) is a state in the Southwestern Region of the United States of America.

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North Carolina in the American Civil War

The state of North Carolina, though raising a significant number of troops in regiments for the Union, provided an important source of soldiers, supplies and war materiel to the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War.

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Political convention

In politics, a political convention may refer to a meeting of a political party, typically to select party candidates.

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Referendum

A referendum (plural: referendums or referenda) is a direct vote in which an entire electorate is invited to vote on a particular proposal.

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Secession

Secession (derived from the Latin term secessio) is the withdrawal of a group from a larger entity, especially a political entity, but also from any organization, union or military alliance.

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South Carolina in the American Civil War

South Carolina was the first state to secede from the Union in December 1860, and was one of the founding member states of the Confederacy in February 1861.

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Tennessee in the American Civil War

To a large extent, the American Civil War was fought in cities and farms of Tennessee, as only Virginia saw more battles.

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Texas in the American Civil War

The U.S. state of Texas declared its secession from the United States of America on February 1, 1861, and joined the Confederate States on March 2, 1861, after it replaced its governor, Sam Houston, when he refused to take an oath of allegiance to the Confederacy.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University of Georgia

The University of Georgia, also referred to as UGA or simply Georgia, is an American public comprehensive research university.

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Virginia in the American Civil War

The Commonwealth of Virginia became a prominent part of the Confederate States of America when it joined the Confederacy during the American Civil War.

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West Virginia

West Virginia is a state located in the Appalachian region of the Southern United States.

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Wheeling Convention

The 1861 Wheeling Convention was an assembly of Virginia Southern Unionist delegates from the northwestern counties of Virginia, aimed at repealing the Ordinance of Secession, which had been approved by referendum, subject to a vote.

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Redirects here:

Article of Secession, Articles of Secession, Ordinance of secession, Ordinances of Secession, Secession Ordinance, Secession Ordinances, The South seceding from the United States.

References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ordinance_of_Secession

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