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Day in the Life

Dec 24, 1860

Journal Entry

December 24, 1860 ~ Monday

24 A plesant morning. I spent the afternoon in the Legislature mostly
in the Joint assembly. The Poney Express brought word that South Carolinia had left the Union

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Dec 1860 - Jan 1861
Seven Southern states secede from Union. (Confederacy includes 15 states and territories by 1862.)

Dec 24, 1860