| 12/20/1860
South Carolina votes to secede. 01/05/1861 Senators from Alabama, Arkansas, Florida, Georgia, Louisiana, Mississippi and Texas advise secession. 01/06/1861 Florida troops seize the Federal arsenal at Apalachiocola 01/07/1861 Florida troops seize Ft. Marion at St. Augustine 01/08/1861 Federal troops fire on Florida men at Pensacola 01/09/1861 Mississippi votes 84-15 to secede. 01/10/1861 Florida votes 62-7 to secede. 01/11/1861 Alabama votes 61-39 to secede. 01/12/1861 Florida state troops demand the surrender of Ft. Pickens. 01/13/1861 President Buchanan refuses to turn over Ft. Sumter to South Carolina. 01/14/1861 Ft. Pike near New Orleans falls into Louisiana hands. 01/19/1861 Georgia votes 208-89 to secede. 01/20/1861 Mississippi troops capture Ft. Massachusetts in the Gulf. 01/21/1861 Boston abolitionists hail secession as ridding Union of disruptive slave states. 01/24/1861 Georgia seizes Federal arsenal at Augusta. 01/26/1861 Louisiana votes 114-17 to secede. 01/29/1861 Kansas enters the Union as the 34th State, bans slavery. 02/01/1861 Texas votes 166-7 to secede. 02/04/1861 Provisional Congress of Confederate States meets in Montgomery, Alabama. 02/08/1861 Provisional Congress adopts constitution. 02/09/1861 Jefferson Davis unanimously elected President of Confederate States. 02/10/1861 Jefferson Davis receives surprising news of his election. 02/12/1861 Lincoln observes possible outcome of secession is war. 02/18/1861 Jefferson Davis inaugurated President, CSA. 02/28/1861 North Carolina votes against secession by slim margin. 03/04/1861 Abraham Lincoln inaugurated President, USA. 03/16/1861 Arizona Territory votes to join Confederacy. 03/18/1861 Arkansas votes 39-35 against secession. 04/13/1861 Ft. Sumter surrenders to Confederate troops. 04/15/1861 Lincoln calls for volunteers to suppress insurrection. 04/17/1861 Virginia votes 88-85 to secede. 04/21/1861 Western Virginia counties support Union. 05/06/1861 Arkansas votes 69-1 to secede. Tennessee votes secession referendum. 05/20/1861 North Carolina votes to secede. 06/08/1861 Tennessee votes 104,913-47,238 to secede. 06/12/1861 Missouri calls for 50,000 pro-Confederate volunteers. 06/19/1861 Western Virginia elects Union provisional governor. 07/22/1861 Missouri pro-Union convention creates new state government. 07/25/1861 US Senate resolves 35-5 to preserve Union and not alter slavery. |