. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . gt;y the fire of December, 1861. Here the vote w:is taken mi I (ecembei 20, 1800, declaim;. thai the union now subsisting between South Carolina and the other States under the name of the United States ofAmerica is hereby dissolved. The secession convention was composed of the most experienced men in the State men who had repre-sented it in the national Congress, judges in the highest courts, eminent divines, and wealthy planters On the fourth day of its ses-sion, at
. The photographic history of the Civil War : thousands of scenes photographed 1861-65, with text by many special authorities . gt;y the fire of December, 1861. Here the vote w:is taken mi I (ecembei 20, 1800, declaim;. thai the union now subsisting between South Carolina and the other States under the name of the United States ofAmerica is hereby dissolved. The secession convention was composed of the most experienced men in the State men who had repre-sented it in the national Congress, judges in the highest courts, eminent divines, and wealthy planters On the fourth day of its ses-sion, at twelve oclock, the ordinance quoted from above was read with flashing eyes by the venerable judge of chancery, ChancellorIiifjlis, At a quarter past otic it was passed unanimously. The doorkeeper passed the word to the policeman without. he called to an-other, and so on until the sentinel at the massive iron gate proclaimed it to the impatient populace. The bells in every rocking steeplemingled their notes with the shouts of the excited throngs that filled the streets There was no dissent in the secession sentiments THOUGH DARKENED WITH SULPHUR THE CHARLESTON RAILROAD DEPOT. DESTROYED BY EXPLOSION IN 1805
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