Done by the people of the State of Texas, in convention assembled, at Austin, this 1st day of February, A.
Ratified 23 Feb by a vote of 46, for and 14, against. And they do further declare, That said Constitution of the United States of America is no longer binding on any of the citizens of this State.
This ordinance shall take effect and be an act of this day, when ratified by a majority of the voter of the people of this State cast at a poll to be taken thereon on the fourth Thursday in May next, in pursuance of a schedule hereafter to be enacted. Adopted by the convention of Virginia April 17, ratified by a vote of , to 37, on 23 May And we do further hereby declare and ordain, That the State of Arkansas hereby resumes to herself all rights and powers heretofore delegated to the Government of the United States of America; that her citizens are absolved from all allegiance to said Government of the United States, and that she is in full possession and exercise of all the rights and sovereignty which appertain to a free and independent State.
We do further ordain and declare, That all rights acquired and vested under the Constitution of the United States of America, or of any act or acts of Congress, or treaty, or under any law of this State, and not incompatible with this ordinance, shall remain in full force and effect, in nowise altered or impaired, and have the same effect as if this ordinance had not been passed.
Adopted and passed in open convention on the 6th day of May, A. We do further declare and ordain, That the union now subsisting between the State of North Carolina and the other States, under the title of the United States of America, is hereby dissolved, and that the State of North Carolina is in full possession and exercise of all those rights of sovereignty which belong and appertain to a free and independent State. Done in convention at the city of Raleigh, this the 20th day of May, in the year of our Lord , and in the eighty-fifth year of the independence of said State.
The presence of vast armies throughout the countryside meant that livestock, crops, and other staples were consumed very quickly. In an effort to gather fresh supplies and relieve the pressure on the Confederate garrison at Vicksburg, Mississippi, Confederate General Robert E. Lee launched a daring invasion of the North in the summer of He was defeated by Union General George G.
Meade in a three-day battle near Gettysburg, Pennsylvania that left nearly 51, men killed, wounded, or missing in action. While Lee's men were able to gather the vital supplies, they did little to draw Union forces away from Vicksburg, which fell to Federal troops on July 4, In November of , President Lincoln traveled to the small Pennsylvania town and delivered the Gettysburg Address, which expressed firm commitment to preserving the Union and became one of the most iconic speeches in American history.
Fact 7: Ulysses S. Grant and Robert E. Lee did not meet on the field of battle until May of Grant , and Virginia born Robert E. The two men had very little in common. Lee was from a well respected First Family of Virginia, with ties to the Continental Army and the founding fathers of the nation.
While Grant was from a middle-class family with no martial or family political ties. Lee was offered command of the federal army amassing in Washington, in , but he declined the command and threw his hat in with the Confederacy. Lee's early war career got off to a rocky start, but he found his stride in June of after he assumed command of what he dubbed the Army of Northern Virginia. Grant, on the other hand, found early success in the war but was haunted by rumors of alcoholism.
By , the two men were by far the best generals on their respective sides. In March of , Grant was promoted to lieutenant general and brought to the Eastern Theater of the war, where he and Lee engaged in a relentless campaign from May of to Lee's surrender at Appomattox Court House eleven months later.
The war bankrupted much of the South, left its roads, farms, and factories in ruins, and all but wiped out an entire generation of men who wore the blue and the gray. More than , men died in the Civil War, more than any other war in American history. The Confederacy led tobacco production with million pounds compared to million pounds produced in the Border States and 50 million pounds produced in the Union. The Union led wheat production with million bushels produced in comparison to 35 million bushels in the Confederacy and 20 million bushels in the Border States.
The Union was attributed with having 40 million heads of livestock compared to 35 million in the Confederacy and only 10 million in the Border States. The Union had , factories, while the Confederacy had 21, and the Border States had 9, The Union had 1. The Union had 20, miles of railroad compared to 9, in the Confederacy and 1, in the Border States.
Enlistment strength for the Confederate Army ranges from , to 1,, Soldier demographics for the Confederate Army are not available due to incomplete and destroyed enlistment records. Farmers comprised 48 percent of the civilian occ upations in the Union. Others included mechanics, 24 percent; laborers, 16 percent; commercial, 5 percent; miscellaneous, 4 percent; and professional occupations, 3 percent.
Arkansas May 6, June 22, North Carolina May 20, July 4, Tennessee June 8, July 24, NOTE: Four other slave states? Delaware, Maryland, Kentucky, and Missouri? The latter two were actually represented on the Confederate flag, which, like the Stars and Stripes, featured a star for every state. Date of readmission to representation in U.
House of Representatives. Second readmission date. First date was July 21, , but the representatives were unseated March 5, See also:. Greatest Rainfalls. Trending Here are the facts and trivia that people are buzzing about.
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