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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1. 10 0 Browse Search
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Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Louisiana, (search)
n or no convention to the people, but it failed, and an election of delegates to a convention was ordered to be held on Jan. 8, the anniversary of Jackson's victory at New Orleans. On that occasion the popular vote was small, but it was of such a complexion that the Confederates were hopeful. The convention met at Baton Rouge, Jan. 23. The legislature had convened there on the 21st. The number of delegates in the convention was 130. Ex-Gov. Alexander Mouton was chosen president, and J. Thomas Wheat, secretary. Commissioners from South Carolina and Alabama were there, and were invited to seats in the convention; and they made vehement speeches in favor of secession. A committee of fifteen was appointed to draft an ordinance of secession. It reported on the 24th by their chairman, John Perkins, Jr., and the ordinance then submitted was adopted on the 26th by a vote of 113 against 17. Its phraseology bore the same general features as the ordinances passed by other States. Though
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Idaho (search)
f George M. Pullman, president and founder of Pullman Palace Car Company......Oct. 19, 1897 Francis E. Willard, of the Women's Christian Temperance Union, dies at New York City......Feb. 17, 1898 Break in levee surrounding Shawneetown, on Ohio River, submerges entire city, drowning twenty-four; Governor Tanner sends special train with tents and supplies......April 3, 1898 Body of Miss Frances E. Willard, eminent social reformer and lecturer, cremated in Chicago......April 9, 1898 Wheat speculation engineered by Joseph Leiter collapsed......June 13, 1898 Death of John Moses, historian......July 3, 1898 Chicago daily papers suspend publication on account of a strike......July 25, 1898 Attempt of coal company to land negro miners from Southern States to take the place of striking coal-miners causes bloody fight at Virden; train bearing negroes riddled with bullets; eleven killed, over thirty wounded, several fatally......Oct. 12, 1898 Governor proclaims martial l