Seven Southern states secede from Union. (Confederacy includes 15 states and territories by 1862.)
13 A plesant morning but little snow on the ground I spent the day in
the Legislature also the evening. we were called together for a special session
by the Governor Alfred Cummings to appoint the Judges to their several
districts and after we passed the acts requested by the Governor
He vetoed them all & we adjourned late at night without
doing any thing which was sanctioned by the Governor
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