Tracy's History facts
- The American Civil War Time Line 1861-1865
- 1860
- 6 November:Election fo Abrahm Lincoln.
- 20 Decemmber:Secession of South Carolina.
- 1861
- 9 February:Jefferson Davis elected President of the Confederate
States of America.
- 18 February:Davis inaugurated.
- 4 March:Abraham Lincoln inaugurated.
- 12 -13 April:Bombardment and Surrender of Fort Sumter and
Charleston Harbor, South Carolina.
- 19 April:Blockade of Southern ports declared by President,
Abraham Lincoln.
- 6 May:Confederate Congress passes, Act recognizing state of war
between the United States and the Confederate States of America.
- 26 May:Richmaond, Virginia, becomes Capital of the Confederate
States of America.
- 21 July:Battle of 1st Bull Run, Manassas, Virginia:J.E.Johnston and
Beauregard (Confederate) and McDowell,(Union)
- 10 August:Battle fo Wilson's Creek, Missouri:Ben McClolloch(Confederate) and
and Lyon(Union).
- 21 October:Battle of Ball's Bluff, Virginia:N.G.Evans,(Confederate) and
C.P.Stone,(Union).
- 7 November:Battle of Belmont, Missouri:L.Polf,(Confederate) and
Ulysses S. Grant,(Union).
- 8 November:Removal of Mason and Sledell form the British Steamer Trent.
- 1862
- 19 January:Battle of Mills Springs or Login's Cross Roads, Kentucky:
B. Crittenden,>(Confederate) and G.H. Thomas(Union).
- 6 February:Fall of Fort Hennry, Tennessee:L. Tilghman,(Confederate)
and U.S. Brant(Union).
- 14-16 February:Siege and Surrender of Fort Donelson, Tennessee:
Buckner(Confederate) and U.S.Grant(Union).
- 21 February:Battle of Balverde, New Mexico:H.H.Sibby,(Confederate)
and R.S.Candy,(Union).
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