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Secession Hill

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SC Picture Project / Abbeville County / Secession Hill

We would like to improve this landmark’s entry and include more information about Secession Hill. If you can help by adopting this page, please fill out the form below. Thank you!

This small park in downtown Abbeville played a big role in the Civil War. In fact Abbeville calls itself the “Birthplace of the Confederacy,” maintaining that secession took its first official step right here.

Secession Hill Confederate Marker
Ken Woo of Irmo, 2020 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

This monument (shown above and below) marks the site where, on November 22, 1860, citizens gathered to listen to speeches by leaders of South Carolina’s secession movement and elect local delegates to South Carolina’s secession convention. Just over three weeks later, on December 17, 1860, South Carolina’s delegates unanimously voted to leave the Union, a move followed in short order by the rest of the slave states. These states combined to form a new nation, the Confederate States of America.

Secession Hill Monument
Ken Woo of Irmo, 2020 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

The following sign details the names of the speakers and nominees. It reads:

One of the first organized mass meetings held here on November 22, 1860, to launch South Carolina’s secession from the Union. Judge A. G. Magrath of Charleston, urged “immediate action on the part of South Carolina at any & every hazard”, followed by Gen. M. L. Bonham, Cong. McGowan, Major Armistead Burt & others. Resolutions unanimously adopted favoring secession of the State. Committee of Twenty appointed [five] nominees[:] Edward Noble, John A. Calhoun, Thomas Thomson, John H. Wilson & D. L. Wardlaw to attend December 17, 1860 Convention [in Columbia]. One month later, South Carolina became the first state to secede.

Abbeville Secession Hill
By Efy96001 – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, Link

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Secesson Hill Marker
Ken Woo of Irmo, 2020 © Do Not Use Without Written Consent

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  1. J. Brown says

    April 18, 2021 at 6:45 PM

    Please edit your quote of Session Hill… the quote reads in 1660… please change to 1860. My goodness!

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    • SC Picture Project says

      June 5, 2021 at 11:05 AM

      My goodness indeed! I’m human and made a mistake. I would fire myself except I’m a volunteer. 😉 In any case, I appreciate your correction and I have edited the quotation about “Session Hill.” You have given me a good chuckle. Thank you!

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