A Rebellion in Dixie

“Now, Leon, you will take in everybody. Don’t leave a single man out, for we want them all there at this convention.” “Secessionists, as well as Union men?” “Yes, of course. I had a talk with Nathan Knight, last night, and he says everybody must be informed of the fact. We are going to secede from the State of Mississippi and get up a government of our own, and he declares that everybody must be told of it.” “I tell you, dad, we’ve got a mighty poor show. I suppose there are at least two thousand fighting men here—” “Say fifteen hundred; and they are all good shots, too.”