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The American Civil War (April 12, 1861 – May 26, 1865; ... inaugurated a governor, and Kentucky was admitted into the Confederacy on December 10, 1861. Its ...
May 8 – American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia, is named the capital of the Confederate States of America. May 10 – American Civil War – Camp Jackson Affair: Union military forces clash with civilians on the streets of St. Louis, Missouri, resulting in the deaths of at least 28 people and injuries to another 100.
An entourage of family and friends left Springfield, Illinois, with Lincoln on February 11 to travel by train to Washington, D.C. for the inauguration.This group including his wife, three sons, and brother-in-law, as well as John G. Nicolay, John M. Hay, Ward Hill Lamon, David Davis, Norman B. Judd, Edwin Vose Sumner, [3] as well as his African-American valet and bodyguard, William Henry ...
During the war, blockade runners delivered the Confederacy 60 percent of its weapons, 1/3 of the lead for its bullets, 3/4 of ingredients for its powder, and most of the cloth for its uniforms, [246] lengthening the Civil War by two years and costing an additional 400,000 lives of soldiers and civilians on both sides.
Seward's text was based, in part, on James Madison's warnings against the dangers of civil conflict in his Federalist No. 14, originally addressed to the people of New York. [6] Seward had consulted the early Federalist papers only six weeks earlier, while composing a speech for the Senate, and reflecting on the dangers of civil war. [6]
No ballots were cast for him in 10 of the 15 Southern slave states, and he won only two of 996 counties in all the Southern states, an omen of the impending Civil War. [ 169 ] [ 170 ] Lincoln received 1,866,452 votes, or 39.8% of the total in a four-way race, carrying the free Northern states, as well as California and Oregon. [ 171 ]
First president born after the Civil War. [br] [221] First president to have been a publisher. [221] First president to have been a lieutenant governor. [bs] [222] First president to be elected while being a sitting U.S. senator. [bt] [124] First president to learn about his victory over the radio. [221] First president to be elected on his ...
Davis was inaugurated on February 18 upon his arrival from Mississippi, where he had gone upon his resignation from the U.S. Senate. Confederate presidents were to be limited to a single term . Davis and Stephens were elected on Wednesday November 6, 1861 for six-years terms, as provided by the permanent constitution.