1861 : The Civil War begins
The bloodiest four years in American history begin when Confederate
shore batteries under General P.G.T. Beauregard open fire on
Union-held Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Bay. During the
next 34 hours, 50 Confederate guns and mortars launched more than
4,000 rounds at the poorly supplied fort. On April 13, U.S. Major
Robert Anderson surrendered the fort. Two days later, U.S. President
Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for 75,000 volunteer
soldiers to quell the Southern "insurrection."
As early as 1858, the ongoing conflict between North and South over
the issue of slavery had led Southern leadership to discuss a unified
separation from the United States. By 1860, the majority of the slave
states were publicly threatening secession if the Republicans, the
anti-slavery party, won the presidency. Following Republican Abraham
Lincoln's victory over the divided Democratic Party in November 1860,
South Carolina immediately initiated secession proceedings. On
December 20, the South Carolina legislature passed the "Ordinance of
Secession," which declared that "the Union now subsisting between
South Carolina and other states, under the name of the United States
of America, is hereby dissolved." After the declaration, South
Carolina set about seizing forts, arsenals, and other strategic
locations within the state. Within six weeks, five more Southern
states--Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana--had
followed South Carolina's lead.
In February 1861, delegates from those states convened to establish a
unified government. Jefferson Davis of Mississippi was subsequently
elected the first president of the Confederate States of America. When
Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated on March 4, 1861, a total of seven
states (Texas had joined the pack) had seceded from the Union, and
federal troops held only Fort Sumter in South Carolina, Fort Pickens
off the Florida coast, and a handful of minor outposts in the South.
Four years after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, the
Confederacy was defeated at the total cost of 620,000 Union and
Confederate soldiers dead.
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General Interest
1861 : The Civil War begins
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1864 : The Fort Pillow Massacre
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1945 : President Roosevelt dies
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1961 : First man in space
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1981 : First launching of the space shuttle
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The bloodiest four years in American history begin when Confederate
shore batteries under General P.G.T. Beauregard open fire on
Union-held Fort Sumter in South Carolina's Charleston Bay. During the
next 34 hours, 50 Confederate guns and mortars launched more than
4,000 rounds at the poorly supplied fort. On April 13, U.S. Major
Robert Anderson surrendered the fort. Two days later, U.S. President
Abraham Lincoln issued a proclamation calling for 75,000 volunteer
soldiers to quell the Southern "insurrection."
As early as 1858, the ongoing conflict between North and South over
the issue of slavery had led Southern leadership to discuss a unified
separation from the United States. By 1860, the majority of the slave
states were publicly threatening secession if the Republicans, the
anti-slavery party, won the presidency. Following Republican Abraham
Lincoln's victory over the divided Democratic Party in November 1860,
South Carolina immediately initiated secession proceedings. On
December 20, the South Carolina legislature passed the "Ordinance of
Secession," which declared that "the Union now subsisting between
South Carolina and other states, under the name of the United States
of America, is hereby dissolved." After the declaration, South
Carolina set about seizing forts, arsenals, and other strategic
locations within the state. Within six weeks, five more Southern
states--Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana--had
followed South Carolina's lead.
In February 1861, delegates from those states convened to establish a
unified government. Jefferson Davis of Mississippi was subsequently
elected the first president of the Confederate States of America. When
Abraham Lincoln was inaugurated on March 4, 1861, a total of seven
states (Texas had joined the pack) had seceded from the Union, and
federal troops held only Fort Sumter in South Carolina, Fort Pickens
off the Florida coast, and a handful of minor outposts in the South.
Four years after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, the
Confederacy was defeated at the total cost of 620,000 Union and
Confederate soldiers dead.
history.com/tdih.do
General Interest
1861 : The Civil War begins
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihVideoCategory&id=4911
1864 : The Fort Pillow Massacre
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=4912
1945 : President Roosevelt dies
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=4913
1961 : First man in space
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=6865
1981 : First launching of the space shuttle
history.com/tdih.do?action=tdihArticleCategory&id=4914
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