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August 10 – American Civil War: The first major battle west of the Mississippi River, the Battle of Wilson's Creek, is fought, with a Confederate victory. September 3 – American Civil War : Confederate General Leonidas Polk invades neutral Kentucky , prompting the state legislature to ask for Union assistance.
March 4, 1861 – Lincoln becomes the 16th president and Hamlin becomes the 15th vice president; 1861 – American Civil War begins at Fort Sumter; 1861 – First Battle of Bull Run (First Battle of Manassas) 1861 – Davis unanimously elected to full term as Confederate president, Stephen unanimously elected to full term as Confederate vice ...
July 21 – American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run – At Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war ends in a Confederate victory. July 25 – American Civil War : The Crittenden–Johnson Resolution is passed by the U.S. Congress , stating that the war is being fought to preserve the Union, and not to end slavery .
The transcontinental telegraph was completed on Oct. 24, 1861, making possible instant communication between the coasts possible for the first time. It rendered the Pony Express obsolete.
The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; also known by other names) was a civil war in the United States between the Union [e] ("the North") and the Confederacy ("the South"), which was formed in 1861 by states that had seceded from the Union.
This timeline of events leading to the American Civil War is a chronologically ordered list of events and issues that historians recognize as origins and causes of the American Civil War. These events are roughly divided into two periods: the first encompasses the gradual build-up over many decades of the numerous social, economic, and ...
1860 to 1861 – Upper Doab famine of 1860–1861; 1860 to 1861 – the Black Winter of 1860-1861 in Qajar Iran [2] 1862 – the Great Flood of 1862, the largest flood in the recorded history of California, Oregon, and Nevada, inundated the western United States and portions of British Columbia and Mexico [3]
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