 The Convention met for the second time in Greeneville from June 17 to June 20, 1861, after Tennessee had voted to secede from the Union.This second meeting produced a memorial to the state government requesting East Tennessee be allowed to separate from Tennessee.The Convention met for a final time in Knoxville from April 12 to April 16, 1864, to address the Emancipation Proclamation and the ten percent plan.