March 4, 1861- Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as the sixteenth president of the United States in Washington, DC.ĪpSouthern forces fire upon Fort Sumter, South Carolina. January 1861 - Six additional southern states secede from the Union.įebruary 8-9, 1861 - The southern states that seceded create a government at Montgomery, Alabama, and the Confederate States of America are formed.įebruary 18, 1861- Jefferson Davis is appointed the first President of the Confederate States of America at Montgomery, Alabama, a position he will hold until elections can be arranged. November 6, 1860- Abraham Lincoln is elected sixteenth president of the United States, the first Republican president in the nation who represents a party that opposes the spread of slavery in the territories of the United States.ĭecember 17, 1860- The first Secession Convention meets in Columbia, South Carolina.ĭecember 20, 1860- South Carolina secedes from the Union.
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