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AN ORDINANCE to dissolve the union between the State of Mississippi and other States united with her under the compact entitled "The Constitution of the United States of America". The people of the State of Mississippi, in convention assembled, do ordain and declare, and it is hereby ordained and declared, as follows, to wit: Section 1.
The convention was held January 7 - January 26, 1861. [1] On January 9, 1861, Mississippi seceded from the United States, the second state to do so. Conventioneers reported: "Our position is thoroughly identified with the institution of slavery - the greatest material interest of the world."
Map of the Confederate States with names and borders of states A Confederate state was a U.S. state that declared secession and joined the Confederate States of America during the American Civil War. The Confederacy recognized them as constituent entities that shared their sovereignty with the Confederate government. Confederates were recognized as citizens of both the federal republic and of ...
Map of the county secession votes of 1860–1861 in Appalachia within the ARC definition. Virginia and Tennessee show the public votes, while the other states show the vote by county delegates to the conventions. Unionism—opposition to the Confederacy—was strong in certain areas within the Confederate States.
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English: United States map of 1861, showing affiliation of states and territories regarding secession from the Union at the start of the American Civil War. Legend: States that seceded before April 15, 1861
For years prior to the American Civil War, slave-holding Mississippi had voted heavily for the Democrats, especially as the Whigs declined in their influence. During the 1860 presidential election, the state supported Southern Democrat candidate John C. Breckinridge, giving him 40,768 votes (59.0% of the total of 69,095 ballots cast).
Second state to declare secession from the United States on January 9, 1861; Founding state of the Confederate States of America on February 8, 1861; American Civil War, April 12, 1861 – May 13, 1865 Mississippi in the American Civil War. Siege of Corinth, April 29 – May 30, 1862; Siege of Vicksburg, May 18 – July 4, 1863