BEGIN:VCALENDAR VERSION:2.0 PRODID:-//ZContent.net//Zap Calendar 1.0//EN CALSCALE:GREGORIAN METHOD:PUBLISH BEGIN:VTIMEZONE TZID:UTC BEGIN:STANDARD DTSTART:20070101T000000 TZOFFSETFROM:+0000 TZOFFSETTO:+0000 TZNAME:UTC END:STANDARD END:VTIMEZONE BEGIN:VEVENT SUMMARY:Mississippi secedes from the Union UID:2008-05-08-02-04-40-63-@americanhistorycalendar.com SEQUENCE:0 STATUS:CONFIRMED TRANSP:OPAQUE RRULE:FREQ=YEARLY;INTERVAL=1;BYMONTH=1;BYMONTHDAY=9 DTSTART;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20260109 DTEND;TZID=UTC;VALUE=DATE:20260110 DTSTAMP:20260920T224751 CATEGORIES:Civil War Events LOCATION:Mississippi GEO:32.3546679;-89.3985283 X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:\n\n\n

Mississippi seceded from the Union on January 9, 1861, becoming the second state to leave the Unit ed States in the lead-up to the Civil War. The state cited the preservatio n of slavery as its primary reason for secession, declaring that its econo mic and social systems were deeply tied to enslaved labor. Mississippi the n joined the Confederate States of America and played a significant role i n the Civil War until its defeat and readmission to the Union in 1870.

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DESCRIPTION:Mississippi seceded from the Union on January 9\, 1861\, becomi ng the second state to leave the United States in the lead-up to the Civil War. The state cited the preservation of slavery as its primary reason fo r secession\, declaring that its economic and social systems were deeply t ied to enslaved labor. Mississippi then joined the Confederate States of A merica and played a significant role in the Civil War until its defeat and readmission to the Union in 1870.\n\n URL:https://americanhistorycalendar.com/component/zcalendar/2,6328-mississi ppi-secedes-from-the-union?Itemid= END:VEVENT END:VCALENDAR