Tag Archives: Secession Crisis

Enemy on the Georgia Home Front

Posted on September 10, 2020 by David T. Dixon

Wesley Shropshire returned home from the secession convention in Milledgeville, Georgia dejected and distressed. Once final passage of the secession ordinance was certain, most Union delegates changed their votes to give the measure more force, but not Shropshire. He departed … Continue reading →

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January 10, 1861 in Florida

Posted on January 10, 2018 by Phill Greenwalt

On this date in Tallahassee, Florida, the delegates to the state’s secession convention voted 62-7, in favor of secession. With that vote, after seven days of deliberation, Florida became the third state to formally declare itself out of the United … Continue reading →

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