- Secession Hill
Secession Hill, just east of modern-day Secession Street in
Abbeville, South Carolina , is the site where local citizens gathered onNovember 22 ,1860 to adopt the ordinance ofSouth Carolina 'ssecession from the Union. It was here that delegates to theDecember 17 ,1860 secession convention inColumbia, South Carolina were selected.Abbeville is nicknamed "the birthplace of the Confederacy," as the meeting on Secession Hill ultimately led to its formation.
There is an unknown Confederate soldier from
Alabama buried on Secession Hill.Today, Secession Hill is owned by the Columbia-based
Southern Culture Centre , which plans to develop the site into a park.External links
1. [http://www.sccsc01.com/Secession.htm Secession Hill - Abbeville, South Carolina] A Southern Culture Centre Web site detailing restoration efforts and plans for developing a park at the Secession Hill site.
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