On January 9, 1861, “Florida Secedes” appears in newspaper headlines.
The secession became official the following day, making Florida the third state to leave the Union after South Carolina and Mississippi. Nine more states would join them in the months that followed, and it would be seven years before Florida officially rejoined the Union again.
Find more like this with a search on Newspapers.com, or browse through January 9th headlines in the papers.
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