~1861~
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~ Janurary ~
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9th_____Mississippi secedes
10th____Florida secedes
11th____Alabama secedes
26th____Louisiana secedes
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~1861~
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~ Feburary ~
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1st_____Texas secedes
8th_____Gen.William T.Sherman,
..US,born 1820
9th_____Jefferson Davis elected
..President of Confederacy
12th____Abraham Lincoln,
..born 1809
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~1861~
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~ March ~
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4th_____Lincoln inaugurated
..Sixteenth President
16th____Arizona secedes
22nd____Braxton Bragg,
..CS,born 1817
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~1861~
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~ April ~
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10th_____Gen.Leonidas Polk,
..CS,born 1806
12th_____Confederates fire on
..Fort Sumter
27th_____Gen.Ulysses S.Grant,
..US,born 1822
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~1861~
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~ May ~
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6th_____Arkansas secedes
6th_____Davis approves state of
..war between US & CS
20th____North Carolina secedes
23rd____Virginia secedes
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~1861~
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~ June ~
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2nd_____Gen.Philip Kearny,
..US,born 1815
3rd_____Jefferson Davis,
..born 1808
8th_____Tennessee formally secedes
17th____Thaddeus Lowe demonstrates
..hot air balloon
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~1861~
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~ July ~
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5th_____Adm.David G.Farragut,
..US,born 1801
13th____Gen.Nathan B.Forrest,
..CS,born 1821
13th____Union forces secure,
..West Virginia
21st____First Battle of Bull Run
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~1861~
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~ August ~
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10th_____Battle of Wilson's Creek
21st_____Gen.William Barksdale,
..CS,born 1821
28th_____Fort Hatteras falls
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~1861~
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~ September ~
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8th_____Gen.Joshua Chamberlain,
..US,born 1828
10th____Gen.Joseph Wheeler,
..CS,born 1836
11th____Union Victory at
..Cheat Mountain
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~1861~
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~ October ~
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15th_____Gen.Thomas L.Rosser,
..CS,born 1836
20th_____Gen.Daniel E.Sickles,
..US,born 1819
21st_____Battle of Ball's Bluff
23rd_____Gen.Turner Ashby,
..CS,born 1828
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~1861~
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~ November ~
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1st_____McClellan replaces Scott as
..Commander of US forces
6th_____Jefferson Davis reelected
..President of Confederacy
7th_____Union forces capture Port Royal
8th_____Wilkes seizes Confederate
..Commissioners
28th____Missouri formally admitted
..to Confederacy
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~1861~
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~ December ~
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3rd_____Gen.George B.McClellan,
..US,born 1826
6th_____Col.John S.Mosby,
..CS,born 1833
25th____Clara Barton,
..born 1821
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