The Mississippi Secession Convention : Delegates and Deliberations in Politics and War, 1861-1865.

Cover -- Contents -- Preface -- Prologue-Dramatis Personae: The Major Actors in the Mississippi Secession Convention -- Chapter 1-Elections: November-December 1860 -- Chapter 2-Delegates: January 1861 -- Chapter 3-Organization: January 7-8, 1861 -- Chapter 4-Secession: January 9, 1861 -- Chapter 5-Committees: January 10-12, 1861 -- Chapter 6-Ceremony: January 14-15, 1861 -- Chapter 7-Divergence: January 16-19, 1861 -- Chapter 8-Votes: January 21-23, 1861 -- Chapter 9-Adjournment: January 24-26, 1861 -- Chapter 10-Interim: February-March, 1861 -- Chapter 11-Ratification: March 25-30, 1861 -- Chapter 12-War: 1861-1865 -- Epilogue-Consequences: 1865-1921 -- Appendix 1-Roster of Delegates to the Mississippi Secession Convention -- Appendix 2-Election Results for Convention Delegates, December 20, 1860 -- Appendix 3-Mississippi Ordinance of Secession -- Appendix 4-Declaration of Causes -- Notes -- Bibliography -- Index -- A -- B -- C -- D -- E -- F -- G -- H -- I -- J -- K -- L -- M -- N -- O -- P -- Q -- R -- S -- T -- U -- V -- W -- Y.

The first examination of the entire convention and the men who deliberated there.

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