| The Encyclopedia of World History. 2001. |
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| 1861, Jan.–May |
| | | Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, Texas, Virginia, Arkansas, Tennessee, and North Carolina seceded from the Union. | 1 |
| | | Jan. 9 |
| | | The ship Star of the West was fired upon by a battery at Charleston. | 2 |
| | | Feb. 4 |
| | | Delegates of the seven seceding states met at Montgomery, Ala., and formed a provisional government, taking the name Confederate States of America. | 3 |
| | | Feb. 8 |
| | | Jefferson Davis was elected president and Alexander H. Stephens vice president of the Confederacy. | 4 |
| | | March 4–1865, April 15 |
| | | ABRAHAM LINCOLN, 16th president. | 5 |
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| The Encyclopedia of World History, Sixth
edition. Peter N. Stearns, general editor. Copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Maps by Mary Reilly, copyright © 2001 by Houghton Mifflin Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Company. All rights reserved. |
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