Last to be readmitted

[Quinn]

Ok, I have been racking my brain trying to remember this and have googled it over and over trying to find it but I cant. I thought I had heard at one point that there was a Northern city or county that officially succeeded from the Union and due to some paperwork flaw wasnt officially readmitted to the Union until the 1900s. Is this true and what was it?

 

[Bob Owen]

Washington DC:laugh1::laugh1:

 

[ole]

Ok, I have been racking my brain trying to remember this and have googled it over and over trying to find it but I cant. I thought I had heard at one point that there was a Northern city or county that officially succeeded from the Union and due to some paperwork flaw wasnt officially readmitted to the Union until the 1900s. Is this true and what was it?

It is true, Quinn, and the town is in upper NY State. But I don't remember the details. Someone else will, Hang on.

 

[wilber6150]

It is a town in NY, but how could they have officially seceeded when the states didn't officially leave the Union, only their members from Congress had to readmitted..

 

[wilber6150]

In 1861, in the small hamlet of Town Line in upstate New York, 125 voters met and voted 85 to 40 to secede from the Union and join the Confederate States of America. The reasons are unclear, but an article in The Buffalo News from 1945 cites discontent with President Lincoln, treatment of Confederate soldiers at a POW camp in Elmira, dissatisfaction of German immigrants with being subject to conscription or war, the interest of self rule or perhaps an incident by some runaway slaves at a local underground railroad stop. It was also reported that Town Line sent five men through the Union lines to fight for the Confederate States under General Robert E. Lee. (However, this was dwarfed by the twenty people from the town who signed up for the Union Army.)
During the American Civil War, as casualties on both sides increased and the nature of the Civil War changed, the secession vote was slowly forgotten by members of the community but never revoked. There are conflicting reports on whether or not the hamlet was paying taxes as late as the 1920s. During World War II, it was discovered that Town Line had not rejoined the Union, effectively having extended the Civil War by diplomatic irregularity for eighty years. On January 26, 1946, after significant pressure and accusations of racism, Town Line voted to officially join the Union. In recognition of the hamlet's history, the local volunteer fire company has the words "Last of the Rebels" on their shoulder patch.[3][4]

 

[Robtweb1]

This is something that has always made me wonder. Lincoln said that states couldn't legally secede, therefore they were still part of the union, but in rebellion. When the war was over, however, each state had to be readmitted to the union after fullfilling certain criteria, such as ratifying the 13th admendment to the constitution. How can this be? By the way Louisiana slipped through the cracks and ratified the 13th admendment a couple of years ago. Oops.

 

[cash]

In 1861, in the small hamlet of Town Line in upstate New York, 125 voters met and voted 85 to 40 to secede from the Union and join the Confederate States of America. The reasons are unclear, but an article in The Buffalo News from 1945 cites discontent with President Lincoln, treatment of Confederate soldiers at a POW camp in Elmira, dissatisfaction of German immigrants with being subject to conscription or war, the interest of self rule or perhaps an incident by some runaway slaves at a local underground railroad stop. It was also reported that Town Line sent five men through the Union lines to fight for the Confederate States under General Robert E. Lee. (However, this was dwarfed by the twenty people from the town who signed up for the Union Army.)
During the American Civil War, as casualties on both sides increased and the nature of the Civil War changed, the secession vote was slowly forgotten by members of the community but never revoked. There are conflicting reports on whether or not the hamlet was paying taxes as late as the 1920s. During World War II, it was discovered that Town Line had not rejoined the Union, effectively having extended the Civil War by diplomatic irregularity for eighty years. On January 26, 1946, after significant pressure and accusations of racism, Town Line voted to officially join the Union. In recognition of the hamlet's history, the local volunteer fire company has the words "Last of the Rebels" on their shoulder patch.[3][4]

Since a town can't secede from the Union it's all much ado about nothing.

 

[cash]

This is something that has always made me wonder. Lincoln said that states couldn't legally secede, therefore they were still part of the union, but in rebellion. When the war was over, however, each state had to be readmitted to the union after fullfilling certain criteria, such as ratifying the 13th admendment to the constitution. How can this be? By the way Louisiana slipped through the cracks and ratified the 13th admendment a couple of years ago. Oops.

No state was readmitted to the Union. They were readmitted to representation in Congress. Congress had refused to seat the members the state government had sent upon the end of the war due to the treatment of blacks.

 

[Quinn]

Thanks guys! I know I can always count on somebody here to know whats going on!