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In January 1861 delegates met in Milledgeville's statehouse and voted 208 to 89 to leave the Union, signing an ordinance of secession that swept Georgia into the Confederacy and toward war.
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Georgia's Secession Convention
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About this site
Georgia's Secession Convention is a historical marker in Milledgeville, Baldwin County, erected in 2011. It is one of 49 historical markers documented in Baldwin County, among 113 historic sites cataloged across the county on Georgia Roam.
The site sits at 33.0801, -83.2252 near Milledgeville. The nearest cataloged historic site is Provost Guard Campsite (historical marker), about under a tenth of a mile away. Others within a short drive include Troup-Clark Political Feud, In Commemoration of Marquis De Lafayette, and Milledgeville Confederate Monument.
This record is drawn from Georgia historical-marker records. Use the map below for its exact position and turn-by-turn directions.
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