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Skip to main content. You are here Home » Articles. States Which Seceded. Michael Kirk. This was "The Bonnie Blue Flag" and follows: We are a band of brothers and native to the soil, Fighting for the property we gained through honest toil.
And when our rights were threatened the cry rose near and far, Hurrah for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star. Three cheers for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star.
As long as the Union was faithful to her trust, Like friends and brethren, kind were we and just, But now when Northern treachery attempts our rights to mar, We hoist on high the Bonnie Blue flag that bears a single star. Chorus First gallant South Carolina nobly made the stand, Then came Alabama and took her by the hand. Chorus Ye men of valor gather round the banner of the right, Texas and Louisiana join us in the fight.
Davis, our beloved President, and Stephens statesmen are, Now rally round the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star. Impelled by her example, now other states prepare, To hoist on high the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star. And rater than submit to shame, to die we would prefer, So cheer for the Bonnie Blue Flag that bears a single star. Chorus Then cheer boys, cheer, raise a joyous shout, For Arkansas and North Carolina now both have gone out.
And let another rousing cheer for Tennessee be given, The single star of the Bonnie Blue Flag has grown to be eleven. Themes Civil War. These laws were opposed by many groups, especially by free black people living beyond the immediate influence of slaveholders. Northern abolitionists actively opposed these laws meant to keep the enslaved population oppressed. They refused to return escaped slaves or report on them. They helped more people escape slavery. They opposed attempts to expand slavery or support it at a federal level.
They generated a great deal of anger and paranoia among slaveholders that exploded when abolitionist John Brown actively armed and incited an uprising in Harper's Ferry, Virginia. People across the South feared that Northerners would incite violence and terror to get rid of slavery in their states. They refused to even put the abolitionist candidate Abraham Lincoln on their ballots.
But, despite their effort to keep him out of the White House, Lincoln prevailed on the back of overwhelming Northern support. The Southern states claimed that their will had been entirely subverted, and that the system favored northern extremists who influenced the government. Their answer to their claim was to create their own government. This act of secession, which was of questionable constitutionality, led to the Civil War.
State Seceded from Union Readmitted to Union 1 1. South Carolina Dec. Sent to referendum 6 May by the legislature, and approved by the voters by a vote of , to 47, on 8 June This act to take effect and be in force from and after its passage. Approved, October 31, This act was passed by a rump legislature called into session in Neosho, Mo.
Adopted 20 Nov , by a "Convention of the People of Kentucky". Primary Source. Secession Acts of the Thirteen Confederate States. Related Primary Sources. Civil War Primary Source. View All Related Resources. The draft created a deficit in civilian manpower to police the slave population. States created separate courts to try slaves because of elevated disobedience levels.
Paranoia rose, and some hoped to remedy it through conscripting slaves into military service. There was also a severe shortage of white workers. Out of need, the Confederacy employed both free and enslaved blacks at a higher rate during the war, using blacks to support the troops with services and by working in hospitals as nurses and orderlies. State governors found themselves continually in conflict with Davis about government overreach challenging their sacred states rights, especially federal conscription laws.
The military exacerbated the situation: As the war dragged on, some troops prowled the countryside to rob civilians. Others rounded up civilians for random often unfounded infractions, infuriating local authorities. The federal government reflected this chaos. Davis saw his authority repeatedly challenged, almost facing impeachment.
Davis feuded regularly with Vice-President Stephens, bickered with generals, often had to reconstruct his cabinet and faced repeated backlashes from previously supportive newspapers. The chaos in government spread outward. The Confederacy was plagued by major economic problems throughout the war, unable to keep up with the production boom in the industrialized north and incapable of overcoming the export limitations brought on by war.
As the war neared its end, the Confederacy was crippled by severe infrastructure problems that it could not afford to fix and was desperate for supplies. With banks decimated and closing, it attempted to pay for its needs with IOUs. Despite further conscription efforts, Confederate forces dwindled to about one-third the manpower of their Union foes. Davis faced opposition in Congress and attempted to save his position by restructuring military leadership. Militarily, the Confederacy saw considerable losses on the battlefields, and Atlanta and Chattanooga were taken by Union forces, which continued to advance.
Increasing numbers of Confederate soldiers were deserting and returning home. The Conscript Bureau was closed in , no longer able to find men to draft.
In the final session of Congress in , Davis proposed the federal government purchase 40, slaves for military work followed with some form of emancipation. In March, Congress voted to arm slaves, but offered no emancipation.
General Order 14 resulted, which would immediately give freedom to slaves who served in the military.
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