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| 6 Nov 1860 CE | Abraham Lincoln is elected 16th President. | |
| Dec 1860 CE | The Crittenden Compromise was proposed as an unsuccessful last-minute effort to avert the US Civil War. Senator John J. Crittenden of Kentucky proposed that the existing North-Souith boundary set out by the Missouri Compromise would be rcognised, with the continuation of slavery where it already existed, but called for vigorous suppression of the African slave trade. | |
| 1860 CE | Confederacy formed by southern states of America. | |
| 1 Jan 1861 CE | US President Lincoln declares slavery in Confederate states unlawful | |
| 21 Jan 1861 CE | Jefferson Davis of Mississippi & 4 other southern senators resign | |
| 29 Jan 1861 CE | Kansas becomes 34th American state | |
| Jan 1861 CE | The South Secedes fron the Uniion, starting with South Carolina and is quickly followed by six other states, Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas. | |
| Feb 1861 CE | Jefferson Davis elected to 6 year term as Confederate President. | |
| Feb 1861 CE | Provisionary Confederate Congress establishes Confederate Army | |
| 4 Mar 1861 CE | Confederate States adopt 'Stars & Bars' flag | |
| 4 Mar 1861 CE | Lincoln inaugurated as 16th American President, the first time US has 5 former Presidents living. | |
| 11 Mar 1861 CE | Confederate convention in Montgomery, adopts constitution | |
| 31 Mar 1861 CE | Confederacy takes over mint at New Orleans | |
| 12 Apr 1861 CE | Fort Sumter, SC is shelled by Confederacy, starting the American Civil War 1861-1865. | |
| Apr 1861 CE | Richmond VA is designated Confederate Capital | |
| 6 May 1861 CE | Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between US & Confederacy | |
| 1 Jun 1861 CE | US & Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange | |
| 1 Aug 1861 CE | Brazil recognizes Confederacy | |
| 16 Oct 1861 CE | Confederacy starts selling postage stamps | |
| 1861 CE | The end of the antebellum period in American history. Antebellum means literally 'existing before the war', in this case the American Civil War. | |
| 1861 CE | At Gretna LA, one of first guns of Rebel navy is cast | |
| 1861 CE | Confederate currency is authorized in $50, $100, $500, $1,000. | |
| 1861 CE | Federal army mobilized by Pres Lincoln | |
| 1861 CE | North Carolina becomes 11th & last American state to secede from Union | |
| 1861 CE | Queen Victoria announces England's position of neutrality between American North and South. | |
| 1861 CE | Col Robert E Lee turns down offer to command Union armies and subsequently resigns from the Union Army. | |
| 1861 CE | US President Lincoln orders blockade of Confederate ports. | |
| 1861 CE | Robert E Lee named commander of Virginia forces | |
| 1862 CE | Confederate Congress adopts confederacy seal | |
| 1862 CE | Confederate Constitution & Presidency are declared permanent | |
| 1862 CE | Galena, first US iron-clad warship for service at sea, launched, Connecticut | |
| 1862 CE | General Robert E Lee (1807-1870) takes command of the Confederate armies of E Vaginbia & North Carolina. | |
| 1862 CE | Lee crosses the Potomac & enters Maryland | |
| 1862 CE | Lincoln receives the first group of blacks to confer with a US president. | |
| 1862 CE | Slavery abolished in District of Columbia | |
| 1 Jan 1863 CE | US President Lincoln makes his Emancipation Proclamation speech decaring all slaves free. | |
| 20 Jun 1863 CE | West Virginia admitted as 35th American state | |
| 1 Jul 1863 CE | The Battle of Gettysburg, Meade and Lee commanding the Union and Confederate troops. | |
| 19 Nov 1863 CE | Lincoln delivers his address in Gettysburg - "4 score & 7 years..." | |
| 1863 CE | Abraham Lincoln announces plan for Reconstruction of South. | |
| 1863 CE | Confederate 'National Flag' replaces 'Stars & Bars' | |
| 1863 CE | President Davis delivers his 'State of the Confederacy' address | |
| 1863 CE | Stonewall Jackson attacks Chancellorsville VA, and is wounded by his own men when the South defeats the North. | |
| 1863 CE | Voters in West Virginia approve gradual emancipation of slaves. | |
| 1863 CE | The photograph 'The Sharpshooter' by Alexander Gardner was taken after the Battle of Gettysburg. | |
| 1863 CE | During the American Civil War, President Abraham Lincoln asked Thomas Nast to do an illustration showing Santa with the Union troops. Many historians say this was one of the most demoralizing moments for the Confederate army... seeing Santa side with the North. | |
| 8 Nov 1864 CE | Abraham Lincoln elected to his 2nd term as President. | |
| 1864 CE | In the American Civil War union general Sherman marched through Georgia taking Atlanta. | |
| 1864 CE | Battle of Okolona, Mississippi. | |
| 1864 CE | CSS 'Alabama' sunk by USS 'Kearsarge' off Cherbourg, France. | |
| 1864 CE | Grant is named commander of the Union armies | |
| 1864 CE | Nevada admitted as 36th American state | |
| 1864 CE | Ulysses S Grant is appointed commander of Union Army. | |
| 15 Jan 1865 CE | Union fleet bombs Fort Fisher, North Carolina, and take it by storm. | |
| 4 Mar 1865 CE | US President Lincoln inaugurated for his 2nd term as US President | |
| 8 Apr 1865 CE | Siege of Spanish Fort, which began on 27 March, suceeeds and is captured by Union troops. | |
| 9 Apr 1865 CE | Surrender of confederate forces at the Appotomax Couthouse ending the American Civil War. | |
| 15 Apr 1865 CE | US president Abraham Lincoln (1809-1865) assassinated in Washington, when he is shot in Ford's Theatre by by John Wilkes Booth. | |
| 19 Apr 1865 CE | Abraham Lincoln's funeral train leaves Washington | |
| 26 Apr 1865 CE | John Wilkes Booth is shot and killed in a tobacco barn in Virginia. | |
| Apr 1865 CE | Mary Surratt is one of nine people arrested as a conspirator in Lincoln's assassination. Four were hanged, four imprisoned, and one acquitted. | |
| 10 May 1865 CE | US President Jefferson Davis is captured by Union Cavalry in Irwinsville, Georgia. | |
| 13 May 1865 CE | The end of the last land action of Civil war at Palmito Ranch and Palmito Hill, Texas. | |
| 23 May 1865 CE | The two day 'Grand Review' victory parade of the Union's main fighting forces begins in Washington DC. | |
| 18 Dec 1865 CE | The 13th amendment to the US Constitution is approved (National Freedom Day) abolishing slavery. | |
| 1865 CE | The steam ship 'Sultana' explodes on the Mississippi River, killing 1,450 paroled Union POWs. | |
| 1865 CE | All slaves in Texas freed | |
| 1865 CE | CSA Pres Jefferson Davis flees Confederate capital of Richmond, VA | |
| 1865 CE | Robert E Lee is named commander-in-chief of Confederate Army | |
| 1865 CE | Several Confederate veterans form the Ku Klux Klan in Pulaski, Tennasee. | |
| 1865 CE | Sherman's march through Georgia begins. | |
| 1865 CE | US Congress of Confederate States of American adjourns for last time | |
| 1865 CE | Mathew Brady, Alexander Gardner, and others document the American Civil War (1861-1865) | |
| 1866 CE | US President Andrew Johnson formally declares Civil War over. | |
| 1868 CE | Despite bitter opposition, US President A Johnson grants an unconditional pardon to all persons involved in the Southern rebellion (the US Civil War). | |
| 1868 CE | The staes of Florida, Alabama, Georgia, North Carolina, South Carolina and LA are readmitted to the US. | |
| 1868 CE | US Memorial Day first observed when 2 women in Columbus MS placed flowers on both Confederate and Union graves. | |
| 1870 CE | Mississippi becomes the 9th American state to be re-admitted to US after Civil War. | |
| 1877 CE | The last federal occupying troops withdraw from the US south (New Orleans). | |
| 1905 CE | US rebel battle flags captured during the US civil war are returned to the South. | |
