42) Blair, Francis Preston, 1821-75, American political leader. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...in 1860. Instrumental in keeping Missouri loyal to the Union by seizing, with Nathaniel Lyon, secessionist Camp Jackson and the U.S. arsenal early in 1861, he was...

43) Floyd, John Buchanan. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...Buchanan refused to allow him to order Anderson back, Floyd resigned and became an ardent secessionist. The President, meanwhile, had requested his resignation because...

44) Butler, Benjamin Franklin, 1818-93, American politician and Union general in the Civil War. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...militia was one of the first to reach Washington. He restored order (May, 1861) in secessionist Baltimore and was given command at Fort Monroe. He commanded the troops...

45) Hu Han-min. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...a Kuomintang faction opposed to Chiang Kai-shek, and his arrest by Chiang in 1931 led to a secessionist movement. Civil war was averted only by the need to unite...

46) Rhett, Robert Barnwell. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...the state's right to secede, he resigned (1852) his seat. He continued to express his rabid secessionist sentiments through the Charleston Mercury, edited by his...

47) Massawa. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...it was the main base of the Ethiopian navy, which had a naval training school there. The secessionist Eritrean movement was involved in fighting against the Ethiopian...

48) 1994, Jan. 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...United States for 20 years. 4 Sept. 5 Forces from the Loyalist government of Chechnya, a secessionist republic in southern Russia, captured a rebel stronghold, cutting...

49) Harney, William Selby. The Columbia Encyclopedia, Sixth Edition. 2001
...the West, with headquarters in St. Louis. He agreed with Gen. Sterling Price of the pro-secessionist Missouri militia to make no hostile move if the militia kept...

50) f. Sri Lanka (Ceylon). 2001. The Encyclopedia of World History
...evolved to include the complex issue of national and territorial rights; a powerful Tamil secessionist movement had emerged. Both sides in the developing civil war...