The Seceding South Carolina Delegation Photographed by Brady (from Harper's Weekly, Vol. IV), After Mathew B. Brady

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The Seceding South Carolina Delegation Photographed by Brady (from Harper's Weekly, Vol. IV), December 22, 1860, Wood engraving after photographs, Sheet: 15 3/8 × 10 1/2 in. (39 × cm), Prints, After Mathew B. Brady (American, born Ireland, 1823?–1896 New York), South Carolina was the first state to leave the Union, precipitating a chain of events that led to the outbreak of the Civil War. Once Abraham Lincoln’s election became a certainty in November 1860, state delegates voted to dissolve all federal ties on December 20

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