Facts
-Florida was the 3rd state to secede from the Union (after South Carolina and Mississippi).
-Florida seceded on January 10, 1861 with 62 of 69 delegates voting to secede.
-Florida troops fired the 2nd shots of the war (after Ft. Sumter) when storming Santa Rosa Island October 9, 1861.
-Florida's major battle, the Battle of Olustee, was a Confederate victory.
-Tallahasse was one of only 2 Confederate state capitals not captured by the Union during the War for Southern Independence (along with Austin, TX).
-By the end of the war, 15,000 fought for the Confederacy. There were only 78,000 people in Florida.
|
Ordinance of Secession
We, the People of the State of Florida in Convention assembled, do solemnly ordain, publish and declare: That the State of Florida hereby withdraws herself from the Confederacy of States existing under the name of the United States of America, and from the existing Government of said States; and that all political connection between her and the Government of said States ought to be and the same is hereby totally annulled, and said union of States dissolved; and the State of Florida is hereby declared a Sovereign and Independent Nation; and that all ordinances heretofore adopted in so far as they create or recognize said Union are rescinded; and all laws or parts of laws in force in this State, in so far as they recognize or assent to said Union be and they are hereby repealed.
|
