Historical Events In 1861
May 20 Kentucky proclaims its neutrality in Civil War
May 01 Lee orders Confederate troops under T J Jackson to Harper's Ferry
May 07 Riot occurs between prosecessionist & Union supporters in Knoxville TN
May 18 Battle of Sewall's Point VA-1st Federal offense against South
May 20 North Carolina becomes 11th & last state to secede from Union
May 29 Dorothea Dix offers help in setting up hospitals for Union Army
May 03 Lincoln asks for 42,000 Army Volunteers &another 18,000 seamen
May 26 Union blockades New Orleans LA & Mobile AL
May 04 At Gretna LA, one of first guns of Rebel navy is cast
May 08 Richmond VA, is named the capital of the Confederacy
May 23 Virginia citizens vote 3 to 1 in favor of secession
May 16 Kentucky proclaims its neutrality
May 25 John Merryman is arrested under suspension of writ of habeas corpus it later sparks a supreme court decision protecting the writ
May 24 Major General Benjamin Butler declares slaves "contraband of war"
May 13 Queen Victoria announces England's position of neutrality
May 21 Richmond VA is designated Confederate Capital
May 31 General Beauregard is given command of Confederate Alexandria Line
May 31 Mint at New Orleans closes
May 26 Postmaster General Blair announces end of postal connection with the South
May 16 Confederate Government offers war volunteers $10 premium
May 20 Cornerstone of University of Washington laid in Seattle
May 24 Alexandria VA occupied by Federal troops
May 23 3 fleeing slaves enter Fort Monroe VA
May 06 Jefferson Davis approves a bill declaring War between US & Confederacy
May 10 Union troops march on state militia in St Louis MI
May 21 North Carolina is 10th state to secede from Union
May 05 Alexandria VA - CS troops abandon city
May 03 General Winfield Scott presents his Anaconda Plan
May 06 Arkansas & Tennessee become 9th & 10th states to secede from US
Jan 07 Florida troops takeover Fort Marion at St Augustine
Jan 17 Flush toilet (with seperate water tank and a pull chain) patented by Mr Thomas Crapper (Honest!)
Jan 19 Georgia joins the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War.
Jan 10 Fort Jackson & Fort Philip are taken over by Los Angeles state troops
Jan 06 Florida troops seize Federal arsenal at Apalachicola
Jan 18 Georgia joins the Confederacy during the U.S. Civil War.
