South Carolina Secedes from The Union




Timeline

Y/M/D Description Place
1860/01/20 The Alabama Ordinance of Secession document is written at William Lowndes Yancey's Law Office. William Lowndes Yancey Law Office, Montgomery, AL
1860/11/09 At a special session of the South Carolina legislature meeting at the request of outgoing Governor William H Gist, legislators unanimously approve a resolution calling for a convention to assemble on December 17th.
1860/12/06 South Carolina Secession Delegates are elected.
1860/12/06 Chesterfield County, a proponent of succession, sends John A Inglis and two other delegates to the South Carolina Succession Convention.
1860/12/10 Chaired by John Inglis and the seven man Ordinance Committee meet at Inglis' House in Cheraw, SC. Chancellor Inglis House, Cheraw, Cheraw
1860/12/17 Francis Parker serves as a delegate for Winyah County to the South Carolina Secession Convention, contributing to the intense debate regarding the official justifications for slavery. First Baptist Church, Columbia, SC, Columbia, SC
1860/12/17 John Auchincloss Inglis presents South Carolina's Ordinance of Secession. First Baptist Church, Columbia, SC, Columbia, SC
1860/12/17 Under the chairmanship of D F Jamison, South Carolina's Ordinance of Secession passes on a vote of 169-0 to succeed from the United States. First Baptist Church, Columbia, SC, Columbia, SC
1860/12/20 President D F Jamison first set his hand to the Ordinance of Secession in Charleston's South Carolina Institute Hall, now lost. Thereafter, across three solemn hours, the remaining 168 delegates signed in alphabetical order by their election districts.
1860/12/20 After watching the signing of South Carolina's Secession at SC Institute Hall (lost), Augustus Smythe picks up the inkwell and pen used to sign the Ordinance. These items today are in the collection at the Confederate Museum in Market Hall. Market Hall and Sheds, Charleston, SC

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