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.

Men, even great men, are not built from marble but from flesh and blood.

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.

The state of Mississippi seceded on Jan. 9 ... It has long been claimed that northwest Louisiana was the birthplace of Southern Secession. However, Rocky Mount’s secession in Oct. 1860 did ...

Los Angeles — Liberals used to hate secession ... the differences between northern and southern California. My favorite design was for three states: one centered on Los Angeles, one centered ...

Another group of Illinois counties has voted to explore whether they should secede from the state, citing significant ...

Unlike the conventions of other Southern States, they would not be satisfied with the repeal of the secession ordinance, but they insisted on declaring it null and void from the beginning ...

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