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- Thomas Jefferson, Secession, and States Rights
The record seems clear that Thomas Jefferson believed in the right of secession In 1803, Jefferson said he did not care if America split into two confederacies: Whether we remain in one confederacy, or form into Atlantic and Mississippi confederacies, I believe not very important to the
- Robert E. Lees view of secession, late 1860- early 1861
The following is a synopsis of the views of Robert E Lee on secession in the 4 months before he resigned his commission in the US Army Largely taken from William Southall Freeman's work on Lee: ----- Letter to his son Custis, December 14, 1860: "It is, however, my only hope for the
- President John Bell, no secession? | Other Soldiers, Politicians, Men
Tennessee voters initially voted down a secession convention in February, 1861 TN secession convention referendum, Jan , 1861: But after the war commenced, the clamor renewed with President Lincoln's April 15, 1861 proclamation calling for troops By April 22, '61 Bell was supporting the armament of the State and a league with the Confederacy:
- Secession Cockade? | Period Photos Examinations - American Civil War . . .
I was going to bid on this tintype of a man who is supposedly wearing a secession cockade from Upshur Co , WV, but I had a hard time seeing it clearly, and it went for a lot more than I would have bid anyway Here is a copy of the picture View attachment 59984
- Master List of Contemporary Quotes Identifying Slavery as the Principal . . .
On another recent thread, when a poster cited the first substantive paragraph of a well-known source, the State of Mississippi's Declaration of Immediate Causes for Secession, as evidence that secessionist leaders considered the future of slavery to be the principal issue behind their actions, he was accused of "cherry picking" the historical
- Peaceable Secession is an Utter Impossibility- Daniel Webster
There can be no such thing as peaceable secession Peaceable secession is an utter impossibility Is the great Constitution under which we live, covering this whole country, is it to be thawed and melted away by secession, as the snows on the mountain melt under the influence of a vernal sun, disappear almost unobserved, and run off?
- SecessionTalk. com - American Civil War Forums
Slavery as a Cause for Secession (at SlaveryTalk) Threads 113 Messages 35 7K Threads 113 Messages 35 7K
- How Many Southerners Favored Secession? | Additional Discussion on . . .
Texas was the only state to actually put the issue of secession to a direct voter referendum prior to Fort Sumter The vote was 76% in favor of secession The above results, which again are only a rough approximation, show that 2 674 million out of 5 582 million Southerners supported secession prior to the bombardment of Fort Sumter; in other
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