Secession

I am the champion!!! Just call me Mr. President! We Out!! What should we do???? Once Lincoln won the Presidency, South Carolina secedes from the Union Mississippi’s governor then calls the legislature into a special session to decide what to do.

Special Session Ballot Secede Not secede Most of Mississippi’s delegates now favored secession *** In the early 1850s they were totally for staying in the Union but now…… things are very different 84 of the 99 delegates voted for secession **** Secede= to leave

Union States Buffer States States that seceded after the fall of Fort Sumter States that seceded before the fall of Fort Sumter Mississippi was the second state to secede from the Union Followed by Alabama, Georgia, Florida, Louisiana, and Texas Sent representatives to Montgomery Alabama and formed the Confederate States of America The Confederacy Jefferson Davis (from Mississippi) was elected to be the president

Confederate Constitution Things protected in our laws: Slavery States Rights The Confederacy vowed to protect their way of life by preserving slavery and granting individual states states’ rights. The first capital of the Confederacy was in Montgomery Alabama

Think about this Prior to 1860, we were one nation with one military Now we are two nations with two militaries What about all those U.S. military posts? What if they were in Confederate territory??? Fort Sumter was in this predicament!!!! Behind Enemy Lines!!!!

Fort Sumter Once South Carolina seceded from the Union they told the U.S. troops to leave their state – They didn’t: American troops are now surrounded by Confederate militia – They seek shelter inside Fort Sumter, which had been abandoned… lack of supplies and food – To get supplies to them American soldiers must pass through Confederate lands! Once South Carolina seceded from the Union they told the U.S. troops to leave their state – They didn’t: American troops are now surrounded by Confederate militia – They seek shelter inside Fort Sumter, which had been abandoned… lack of supplies and food – To get supplies to them American soldiers must pass through Confederate lands!

The first effort to get supplies to the troops was the steamship the Star of the West, Confederate forces fire upon the ship the ship is forced to turn around South Carolina troops demands that the U.S. troops surrender Fort Sumter They refuse!! – More southern states are meeting to decide on secession! – Lincoln decides to send another relief effort to Fort Sumter The first effort to get supplies to the troops was the steamship the Star of the West, Confederate forces fire upon the ship the ship is forced to turn around South Carolina troops demands that the U.S. troops surrender Fort Sumter They refuse!! – More southern states are meeting to decide on secession! – Lincoln decides to send another relief effort to Fort Sumter

South Carolina forces demand an evacuation of Fort Sumter or a forced bombardment of the fort – Evacuate on a certain day without the use of guns General Anderson (US general in charge of Fort Sumter) complies to an evacuation but does not promise to use guns! Relief efforts are starting to show up too! Confederate forces fire upon Fort Sumter After 34 hours of fighting, Anderson surrenders Fort Sumter South Carolina forces demand an evacuation of Fort Sumter or a forced bombardment of the fort – Evacuate on a certain day without the use of guns General Anderson (US general in charge of Fort Sumter) complies to an evacuation but does not promise to use guns! Relief efforts are starting to show up too! Confederate forces fire upon Fort Sumter After 34 hours of fighting, Anderson surrenders Fort Sumter

After Fort Sumter Four more states seceded from the Union – Virginia, North Carolina, Tennessee, and Arkansas They were working on secession conventions when Fort Sumter crisis began The Civil War has now begun in 1861!!!!