Timeline 1861
 

January 1861 – The Civil War Starts

January 9 1861 - Mississippi Seceded From The Union.

January 10 1861 - Florida Seceded From The Union.

January 11 1861 Alabama Seceded From The Union.

January 19 1861 Georgia Seceded From The Union.

January 26 1861 Louisiana Seceded From The Union.

January 29 1861 Kansas Admitted To The Union.

February 1 1861 Texas Seceded From The Union.

February 1861-- The South Starts Its Own Government

February 1861-- The South Seizes Federal Forts

March 4 1861-- Lincoln's Inauguration

March 11 1861-- Confederate Constitution Was Created.

April 1861 -- Attack On Fort Sumter.

April 17 1861 Virginia Seceded From The Union.

April 1861-- Four More States Join The Confederacy.

May 6 1861 Arkansas Seceded From The Union.

May 20  1861 North Carolina Seceded From The Union.

June 1861-- West Virginia Is Born And Admitted Into The Union Against Virginia.

June 1861—Delaware, Kentucky, Maryland, And Missouri Stay In The Union.

July 1861 -- First Battle Of Bull Run Resulted In A Union Loss.

July 1861-- General McDowell Is Replaced With General George B. McClellan Under Lincoln’s Orders.

July – November 1861 -- A Blockade Of The South Which Resulted In A Success For The Union

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