Preface
Prologue : Dramatis personae : the major actors in the Mississippi Secession Convention
Elections : November-December 1860
Delegates : January 1861
Organization : January 7-8, 1861
Secession : January 9, 1861
Committees : January 10-12, 1861
Ceremony : January 14-15, 1861
Divergence : January 16-19, 1861
Votes : January 21-23, 1861
Adjournment : January 24-26, 1861
Interim : February-March, 1861
Ratification : March 25-30, 1861
War : 1861-1865
Epilogue : Consequences : 1865-1921
Appendix 1. Roster of delegates to the Mississippi Secession Convention
Appendix 2. Election results for convention delegates, December 20, 1860
Appendix 3. Mississippi Ordinance of Secession
Appendix 4. Declaration of causes.