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State Flag of Georgia (1861) |
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Few examples remain of this un-official flag, but this image is representative of period designs. |
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Ordinance of Secession of Georgia |
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AN ORDINANCE We, the people of the State of Georgia, in Convention assembled, do declare and ordain, and it is hereby declared and ordained, That the ordinance adopted by the people of the State of Georgia in Convention on the second day of January, in the year of our Lord seventeen hundred and eighty-eight, whereby the Constitution of the United States of America was assented to, ratified and adopted; and also all acts and parts of acts of the General Assembly of this State ratifying and adopting amendments of the said Constitution, are hereby repealed, rescinded and abrogated. We do further declare and ordain, That the union now subsisting between the State of Georgia and other States, under the name of the "United States of America," is hereby dissolved, and that the State of Georgia is in the full possession and exercise of all those rights of sovereignty which belong and appertain to a free and independent State. Passed, 19 January 1861. |
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Georgia Secession Convention Officers |
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PRESIDENT |
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George Walker Crawford (RICHMOND) |
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SECRETARY |
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Albert Reese Lamar (MUSCOGEE) |
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MESSENGER |
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Jesse Oslin (COBB) |
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DOORKEEPER |
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William Adkins (OGLETHORPE) |
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Georgia Secession Convention Delegates |
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APPLING |
JASPER |
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Seaborn Hall |
Aristarchus Newton↓ |
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BAKER |
JEFFERSON |
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Alfred Holt Colquitt |
Herschel Vespasian Johnson↓ |
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BALDWIN |
JOHNSON |
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Lucilius Henry Briscoe |
William Hurst↓ |
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BANKS |
JONES |
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William R. Bell↓ |
James M. Gray |
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BERRIEN |
LAURENS |
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John Carroll Lamb |
Nathan Tucker↓ |
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BIBB |
LEE |
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John Basil Lamar |
Goode Bryan |
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BROOKS |
LIBERTY |
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Henry Briggs |
William Bennett Fleming |
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BRYAN |
LINCOLN |
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John P. Hines |
LaFayette Lamar |
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BULLOCH |
LOWNDES |
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Samuel L. Moore |
Charles H.M. Howell |
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BURKE |
LUMPKIN |
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Elisha Anderson Allen |
Benjamin Hamilton↓ |
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BUTTS |
MACON |
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David Jackson Bailey |
Joseph Jefferson Carson |
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CALHOUN |
MADISON |
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Elijah Padgett |
Allen C. Daniel |
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CAMDEN |
MARION |
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Francis Marion Adams |
William Merritt Brown |
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CAMPBELL |
McINTOSH |
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James M. Cantrell |
James M. Harris |
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CARROLL |
MERIWETHER |
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Bright W. Hargrove |
Henry Richard Harris |
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CASS |
MILLER |
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Hawkins F. Price↓ |
William James Cheshier |
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CATOOSA |
MILTON |
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Joseph T. McConnell |
Jackson Graham↓ |
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CHARLTON |
MITCHELL |
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H.M. Mershon |
William Thomas Cox |
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CHATHAM |
MONROE |
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John W. Anderson, Sr. |
Hiram Phinazee↓ |
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CHATTAHOOCHEE |
MONTGOMERY |
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William Davis |
S.H. Latimer↓ |
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CHATTOOGA |
MORGAN |
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Wesley Shropshire↓ |
Augustus Reese |
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CHEROKEE |
MURRAY |
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Elias Earle Field |
Anderson Farnsworth↓ |
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CLARKE |
MUSCOGEE |
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Thomas Reade Rootes Cobb |
Henry Lewis Benning |
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CLAY |
NEWTON |
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Benjamin Franklin Burnett |
Alexander Means |
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CLAYTON |
OGLETHORPE |
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James F. Johnson |
Samuel Glenn |
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CLINCH |
PAULDING |
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Thomas G. Ramsey |
John Young Allgood |
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COBB |
PICKENS |
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Elisha Hamilton Lindley |
William Thomas Day↓ |
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COFFEE |
PIERCE |
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Joshua H. Frier↓ |
Enoch Daniel Hendry |
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COLQUITT |
PIKE |
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John G. Coleman |
Robert Beall Gardner |
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COLUMBIA |
POLK |
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Henry R. Casey |
Thomas W. Deupree↓ |
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COWETA |
PULASKI |
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Andrew B. Calhoun |
Cornelius Murphy Bozeman, Sr. |
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CRAWFORD |
PUTNAM |
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Washington Cromwell Cleveland |
David Rosser Adams |
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DADE |
QUITMAN |
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Shadrach C. Hale↓ |
Lewis P. Dozier |
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DAWSON |
RABUN |
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Alfred Webb↓ |
Samuel Beck↓ |
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DECATUR |
RANDOLPH |
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Bolivar Hopkins Gee |
Marcellus Douglass |
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DeKALB |
RICHMOND |
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George R. Smith↓ |
George Walker Crawford |
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DOOLY |
SCHLEY |
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Elijah Butts |
William Allen Black |
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DOUGHERTY |
SCREVEN |
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Richard H. Clark |
Curtis Humphreys |
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EARLY |
SPALDING |
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James Buchanan |
William Getal Dewberry |
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ECHOLS |
STEWART |
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Jesse P. Prescott |
George Young Banks, Sr. |
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EFFINGHAM |
SUMTER |
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Albert G. Porter |
Henry Davenport, Jr. |
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ELBERT |
TALBOT |
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John C. Burch |
William R. Neal↓ |
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EMANUEL |
TALIAFERRO |
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Abraham Lane Kirkland↓ |
Toby H. Perkins↓ |
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FANNIN |
TATTNALL |
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Elijah Webb Chastain |
Benjamin Brewton↓ |
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FAYETTE |
TAYLOR |
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J.L. Blalock |
Henry H. Long |
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FLOYD |
TELFAIR |
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Simpson Fouche |
Hugh McLean↓ |
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FORSYTH |
TERRELL |
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Demetrius A. Cochran↓ |
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FRANKLIN |
THOMAS |
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Samuel Knox↓ |
Augustine Harris Hansell |
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FULTON |
TOWNS |
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James F. Alexander |
John Heatherly Corn, Sr.↓ |
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GILMER |
TROUP |
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William Peeples Milton↓ |
James Madison Beall |
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GLASSOCK |
TWIGGS |
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Calvin Logue |
John Fitzpatrick |
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GLYNN |
UNION |
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John L. Harris |
James Howard Huggins↓ |
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GORDON |
UPSON |
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William H. Dabney |
Peter W. Alexander↓ |
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GREENE |
WALKER |
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N.M. Crawford |
Robert Burton Dickerson↓ |
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GWINNETT |
WALTON |
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Thomas Parks Hudson↓ |
Willis Kilgore↓ |
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HABERSHAM |
WARE |
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R.C. Ketchum |
William Angus McDonald |
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HALL |
WARREN |
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Philip May Byrd↓ |
Madison Derrell Cody |
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HANCOCK |
WASHINGTON |
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Benjamin Tarpley Harris |
Lewis Bullard |
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HARALSON |
WAYNE |
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William Jefferson Head |
Henry A. Cannon |
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HARRIS |
WEBSTER |
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Daniel P. Hill |
Peter F. Brown |
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HART |
WHITE |
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Richard S. Hill |
Isaac Bowen |
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HEARD |
WHITFIELD |
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Charles W. Mabry↓ |
John M. Jackson↓ |
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HENRY |
WILCOX |
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Elijah B. Arnold↓ |
Smith Turner |
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HOUSTON |
WILKES |
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Bryan W. Brown |
John J. Robertson |
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IRWIN |
WILKINSON |
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Manassah Henderson |
Nathaniel Alexander Carswell↓ |
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JACKSON |
WORTH |
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Dilmus Reid Lyle |
Robert Graham Ford |
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Note: One of the Delegates to the Convention, Charles Murphy of DeKalb, |
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