{"id":80896,"date":"2024-12-20T02:31:58","date_gmt":"2024-12-20T08:31:58","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/?p=80896"},"modified":"2024-12-20T02:31:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-20T08:31:58","slug":"on-this-day-in-history-december-20-1860","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/index.php\/2024\/12\/20\/on-this-day-in-history-december-20-1860\/","title":{"rendered":"On This Day in History: December 20, 1860"},"content":{"rendered":"<h2><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-80897 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/SC-Secession.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" \/><\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<h2>\u00a0South Carolina\u2019s state convention voted 169-0 on this day in favor of \u201cdissolving the union now subsisting between South Carolina and the other states&#8221; declaring itself an &#8220;Independent Commonwealth.&#8221;<\/h2>\n<h2>Five states were to follow South Carolina\u2019s lead within weeks \u2013 Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana. Then came the big one of Texas, followed by Virginia, Arkansas, North Carolina and finally in June 1861, Tennessee.<\/h2>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-75108 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Retake.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"535\" height=\"640\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Retake.jpg 535w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Retake-251x300.jpg 251w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/06\/Retake-300x359.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 535px) 100vw, 535px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-large wp-image-77793 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/White-South-Girl-1024x1006.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"640\" height=\"629\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/White-South-Girl-1024x1006.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/White-South-Girl-300x295.jpg 300w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/White-South-Girl-768x754.jpg 768w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/White-South-Girl-850x835.jpg 850w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/09\/White-South-Girl.jpg 1080w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 640px) 100vw, 640px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<p><img decoding=\"async\" loading=\"lazy\" class=\"size-full wp-image-76227 aligncenter\" src=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Rebel-Colors.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"720\" height=\"900\" srcset=\"https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Rebel-Colors.jpg 720w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Rebel-Colors-240x300.jpg 240w, https:\/\/thetacticalhermit.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2022\/08\/Rebel-Colors-300x375.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 720px) 100vw, 720px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>&nbsp; \u00a0South Carolina\u2019s state convention voted 169-0 on this day in favor of \u201cdissolving the union now subsisting between South Carolina and the other states&#8221; declaring itself an &#8220;Independent Commonwealth.&#8221; Five states were to follow South Carolina\u2019s lead within weeks \u2013 Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia and Louisiana. 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