WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO JUNE 1861
Find out what all happened January to June 1861

American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States. (3. January 1861)

Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War. (9. January 1861)

American Civil War: Richmond, Virginia is named the capital of the Confederate States of America. (8. May 1861)

American Civil War: Baltimore riot of 1861: a pro-Secession mob in Baltimore, Maryland, attacks United States Army troops marching through the city. (19. April 1861)

American Civil War: The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. (12. April 1861)

American Civil War: Battle of Big Bethel - Confederate troops under John B. Magruder defeat a much larger Union force led by General Ebenezer W. Pierce in Virginia. (10. June 1861)

Pakistan’s (then a part of British India) first railway line opens, from Karachi to Kotri. (13. May 1861)

American Civil War: Texas secedes from the United States. (1. February 1861)

American Civil War: Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia. (20. April 1861)

American Civil War: Maryland's House of Delegates votes not to secede from the Union. (29. April 1861)

Battle of Vienna, Virginia in the American Civil War. (17. June 1861)

American Civil War: Fort Sumter surrenders to Confederate forces. (13. April 1861)

American Civil War: Battle of Philippi (also called the Philippi Races) – Union forces rout Confederate troops in Barbour County, Virginia, now West Virginia, in first land battle of the War. (3. June 1861)

American Civil War: Arkansas secedes from the Union. (6. May 1861)

The Kingdom of Italy is proclaimed. (17. March 1861)

President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrives secretly in Washington, D.C., after the thwarting of an alleged assassination plot in Baltimore, Maryland. (23. February 1861)

American Civil War: The "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina. It is considered by some historians to be the "First Shots of the American Civil War". (9. January 1861)

Alabama secedes from the United States. (11. January 1861)

Alexander Stephens gives the Cornerstone Speech (21. March 1861)

American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted. (11. March 1861)