Library of Virginia
Virginia Memory: Virginia Ordinance of Secession
For this lesson, students learn what the Virginia Ordinance of Secession declared.
Independence Hall Association
U.s. History: The South Secedes
South Carolina was the first to secede upon the election of Abraham Lincoln in 1860. Read about the secession of more states, the election of a president of the new Confederate States of America, and a last ditch effort to save the union.