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Contributor

Justice Frank J. and Virginia Williams

Description

This broadside titled, "Who is Responsible for the War? Who Accountable for Its Horrors and Desolation?", provides excerpts from a speech given by Alexander H. Stephens (vice president of the Confederate States) delivered in the Secession Convention in Georgia on January 31, 1861. The speech details all the reasons Georgia gave for seceding from the union.

Publication Date

1861

Rights

Copyright protected by Mississippi State University Libraries. Use of materials from this collection beyond the exceptions provided for in the Fair Use and Educational Use clauses of the U.S. Copyright Law may violate federal law. Permission to publish or reproduce is required.

Time Period

1860-1869

Subjects

Speeches; Broadsides; United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865

Object Type

text

Format (original)

broadside

Format (digital)

PDF

Digital ID

FVW-MANU-B2F2

Source

Mississippi State University Libraries, Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana, Original Manuscript Collection, Series 6: Oversized Materials, Box 2, Folder 2

Repository

The Frank and Virginia Williams Collection of Lincolniana Repository

Digital Publisher

Mississippi State University Libraries (electronic version).

Contact Information

For more information about the contents of this collection, email sp_coll@library.msstate.edu.

Broadside, Who Is Responsible for the War?

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