IX. DESPERATE REMEDIES X. DISINTEGRATION

XI. AN ATTEMPTED REVOLUTION

XII. THE LAST WORD

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THE DAY OF THE CONFEDERACY

Chapter I. The Secession Movement

The secession movement had three distinct stages. The first,
beginning with the news that Lincoln was elected, closed with the
news, sent broadcast over the South from Charleston, that Federal
troops had taken possession of Fort Sumter on the night of the
28th of December. During this period the likelihood of secession
was the topic of discussion in the lower South. What to do in
case the lower South seceded was the question which perplexed the
upper South. In this period no State north of South Carolina
contemplated taking the initiative. In the Southeastern and Gulf
States immediate action of some sort was expected. Whether it
would be secession or some other new course was not certain on
the day of Lincoln's election. Various States earlier in the year
had provided for conventions of their people in the event of a
Republican victory. The first to assemble was the convention of
South Carolina, which organized at Columbia, on December 17,