[South Carolina's 1860 Act of Secession]
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09237 Author/Creator: Place Written: s.l. Type: Broadside Date: 1865 Pagination: 1 p. Order a Copy
Lithographic facsimile of South Carolina's 1860 Act of Secession. On March 3, 1865, a detachment of the 102 U.S. Colored Troops captured what they believed to be the original manuscript of South Carolina's Secession ordinance. (In fact, they had discovered a rare Confederate lithographic facsimile by Evans and Cogswell.) 1st Lt. George A. Southworth, upon returning to Michigan, arranged for the document to be reproduced, adding a printed inscription on the bottom, "This Scroll of 'Treason' was found in the house of Dr. Lamb, Secretary of State…," listing the companies and leaders who participated in the capture.
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