California is a long way from Washington, D.C., but a growing number of the state's residents seem to think it's not far ...

Secession A Southern Convention Amendment to the Constitution. Share full article. Nov. 19, 1860. Credit... The New York Times Archives. See the article in its original context from November 19 ...

The truth is, secession has been carried in most of the Southern States merely because they were taken by surprise. ... and thus these States were committed to the secession movement.

The American Civil War was a national trauma precipitated by the secession of 11 Southern states over slavery. It is, therefore, ...

When two generals signed papers here 152 years ago bringing the Civil War to a close, they ended the bid by 11 Southern states to secede from the Union. And that, most believed, was that.

The American Civil War was a national trauma precipitated by the secession of 11 Southern states over slavery. It is, therefore, ...

In many of the Southern states, Unionist sentiment remained strong, and several secession conventions were divided among those who wanted to leave the United States immediately, those who wished ...

Let’s get real, the southern states had no intention of letting their entire citizenry determine “their own destiny.” Rather, they intended for white land owners to determine their destiny ...

An advisory ballot proposal approved in San Bernardino County -- home to 2.2 million people -- directs local officials to study the possibility of secession.

New budget will put "cities and counties on the brink of bankruptcy." July 2, 2011 — -- A new push to divide the Golden State in two could make Southern California the 51st state. "Our state ...

Some white Southerners are again advocating for what the Confederacy tried and failed to achieve in the 1860s: secession from the Union.So-called Southern nationalists are among the demonstrators ...