An Ordinance of Secession was the name given to multiple resolutions drafted and ratified in 1860 and 1861, at or near the beginning of the Civil War,...

Mississippi Secession Ordinance was written by Lucius Quintus Cincinnatus Lamar (II), who resigned from the U.S. Congress in January 1861. The ordinance was signed...

The text of Mississippi's Ordinance of Secession Archived October 12, 2007, at the Wayback Machine. The text of Florida's Ordinance of Secession Archived...

Alabama Secession Convention was Charles Christopher Sheats, a 21-year-old schoolteacher. He refused to sign Alabama's Ordinance of Secession, even after...

the government of South Carolina to explain its reasons for seceding from the United States. It followed the brief Ordinance of Secession that had been...

Mississippi Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of Secession January 10, 1861: Florida Secession Convention enacted an Ordinance of Secession January...

lead-up to the American Civil War, the proposed secession of Missouri from the Union was controversial because of the state's disputed status. The Missouri...

generally opposed to secession, the Little Rock City Council feared that a battle might ensue within the city itself and passed an ordinance requesting the...

1845". Florida Department of State. "Ordinance of Secession, 1861 (From: Florida Convention of the People, Ordinance of Secession, 1861, Series S972)". floridamemory...

following day; an Ordinance of Secession was signed by 69 people. The public in Tallahassee celebrated the announcement of secession with fireworks and...