On January 26, 1861, the U.S. state of Louisiana declared its secession from the United States

On January 26, 1861, the U.S. state of Louisiana declared its secession from the United States and announced that it had joined the Confederate States1. Louisiana was the sixth slave state to secede from the U.S. and join the Confederacy1. The ordinance of secession was adopted in convention at Baton Rouge1.

AN ORDINANCE to dissolve the union between the State of Louisiana and other States united with her under the compact entitled "The Constitution of the United States of America."

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