Secession involves the refusal to obey any ... "is not an occurrence so alarming as to justifyhaste in the action which the Southern States may feel called upon to take." This is consoling ...

The South did not want Lincoln to be the President. At a meeting in the town of Montgomery, Alabama they formed a new government called the Confederate States of America.

November 6th has witnessed a plethora of significant events that have shaped the course of history across the globe.One of ...

The country will watch with not a little anxiety the action of each and all the Legislatures of the newly reorganized Southern ... action upon the State ordinances of secession.

The Southern states wanted to assert their authority ... they turned to the only alternative they believed was left to them: secession, a political decision that led directly to war.

Democratic critics immediately cried foul at Abbott's use of "compact" language in the immigration fight, noting its history ...

A new candidate for sheriff in Texas has pledged to support the state's secession from the union ... Sheriff Salazar ...

The citizens of seven Illinois counties have voted to consider splitting from the state’s most populous county, Cook County, ...