OF the great leaders of the war period, none has been so commonly misunderstood and so frequently misrepresented as William H. Seward. This has been chiefly due to an erroneous conception of his ...

On December 20, 1860, six weeks after voters of the United States elected Abraham Lincoln as the 16 th president, South Carolina seceded from the union. Other Southern states soon followed, leading ...

As usual, old times here are not forgotten. On Monday, historians, politicians, re-enactors and curiosity seekers gathered in Charleston to mark the 150th anniversary of South Carolina's secession ...

One hundred fifty years ago, on May 20, 1861, 120 white men gathered in the House chamber of the State Capitol in Raleigh. These were delegates to a special convention called by Gov. John W. Ellis to ...

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WEBVTT IT'S BEING CALLED ONE OF SOUTH CAROLINAS GREATEST TREASURES AND IT MADE A BRIEF STOP IN GREENVILLE THIS EVENING. THE ORIGINAL ORDINANCE OF SECESSION SIGNED IN 1860 WAS DISPLAYED AT THE ...

Secession is making a comeback. Tomorrow is the 150th anniversary of South Carolina’s secession from the Union, a political act that set in motion the events that led to the Civil War, but one needn’t ...

On December 20, 1860, South Carolina passed her ordinance of secession. Then she sent commissioners to Washington to seek recognition of her independence, and dispatched agents to urge other States to ...