Constitutional Union (nationalist) Governor Thomas Holliday Hicks, of Maryland, issues a call for a special session of the legislature form in Frederick, in the western part of the State, to consider secession from the compulsory Union.
[added 3/19/2022]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Maryland Constitution of 1851, Article III, Section 14
msa.maryland.gov/msa/mdmanual/43const/html/03art3.html
Article X of Amendment
ccc-2point0.com/constitution-for-the-united-states
References:
Maryland and Secession
blueandgraytrail.com/event/Maryland_and_Secession
Thomas Holliday Hicks – Wikipedia
en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Thomas_Holliday_Hicks