Question: The Maynard carbine was a breech-loaded carbine used by cavalry in the American Civil War, about 3,000 Maynard carbines were in Confederate hands during the war; 5,000 in .35 caliber were purchased by Florida, 650 in .50 by Georgia, and 325 in .50 and 300 in .35 by which was the second southern state to declare its secession from the United States of America, on January 9, 1861?
Sentence (from "Mississippi in the American Civil War"): Mississippi was the second southern state to declare its secession from the United States of America, on January 9, 1861.
Relevant evidence: Yes