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Abraham Lincoln elected President
Battle of Manassas
Kentucky voters elect Unionist congressmen
Maryland voters elect Unionist congressmen
Second Wheeling Convention begins process of making WV a separate state
Tennessee secedes
Virginia's voters approve the convention's secession and taxation ordinances
North Carolina secedes
Kentucky's legislature declares "neutrality"
First Wheeling Convention stalls on WV statehood
Arkansas secedes
Virginia Convention adopts ordinance mandating taxation on full value of slaves
Mass meeting to declare separate statehood for western Virginians
Baltimore riot when U.S. troops arrive in the city
Virginia troops seize the federal government's military installations at Harpers Ferry and Norfolk over three days
Virginia convention passes the ordinance of secession
Proposal to send the question of Virginia's secession to a statewide referendum fails
First Secret Session of the Virginia Convention, which continue until May 1
Lincoln calls for 75,000 state troops to put down the rebellion
The U.S. Army surrenders Fort Sumter
Virginia commissioners meet with Lincoln at the White House
South Carolina Attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina
Virginia Convention sends three official commissioners to meet with Lincoln
Abraham Lincoln notifies South Carolina governor Francis W. Pickens that, U.S. naval ships would reinforce the U.S. garrison at Fort Sumter
John Baldwin meets with Lincoln, learns that Lincoln will attempt to supply Ft. Sumter
Committee on Foreign Relations reports
Virginia convention votes on secession; resolution to secede fails, 90-45
Confederate Constitution ratified by five states, formally adopted by the C.S.A.
Missouri convention rejects secession
Arkansas convention rejects secession
Confederate Constitution ratified by Montgomery convention
Lincoln inaugurated president
Special Senate Session of the 37th Congress convenes
The Corwin Amendment is passed by the United States Senate with Abraham Lincoln's approval, and is sent to the states for ratification. It proposed to forbid any future amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishing slavery within the states.
Congress rejects the Washington Peace Conference compromise
North Carolina voters reject a secession convention
The Corwin Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is approved by the House of Representatives. It proposed to forbid any future amendment to the U.S. Constitution abolishing slavery within the states
Washington Peace Conference sends compromise proposal to Congress
Peace Conference proposes a constitutional amendment similar in substance to the failed Crittenden compromise, extending slavery into the territories south of the Missouri Compromise line. This amendment failed in the Senate and never came to a vote in the House.
Virginia Convention meets in Richmond for the next two months, adjourning on April 16
Jefferson Davis elected president of the Confederate states
Tennessee voters reject a secession convention
Convention adopts provisional Confederate Constitution
Seceded states hold convention in Montgomery, AL
Peace Conference convenes in Washington, led by John Tyler. Most states are represented, but none from the deep south or Pacific
Virginia voters elect convention delegates and require popular referendum on results of the conference
Texas secedes
Kansas becomes a state
Louisiana secedes
Georgia secedes
Virginia General Assembly calls for national Peace Conference, to meet in Washington February 4
Virginia legislature calls Virginia convention to consider secession
Virginia legislature calls the Washington Peace Conference
Alabama secedes
Florida secedes
Mississippi secedes
Initial attempts to reinforce the U.S. garrison at Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor are repulsed
Virginia legislature convenes
Delaware legislature rejects secession
Crittenden compromise to extend the Missouri Compromise line to Pacific fails
South Carolina secedes