WHAT ALL HAPPENED JANUARY TO NOVEMBER 1861
Find out what all happened January to November 1861

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

American Civil War: Forces under Union General Ulysses S. Grant bloodlessly capture Paducah, Kentucky, which gives the Union control of the mouth of the Tennessee River. (6. September 1861)

Kansas is admitted as the 34th U.S. state. (29. January 1861)

The United States Army abolishes flogging. (5. August 1861)

American Civil War: Union forces attack Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. (27. August 1861)

American Civil War: The Constitution of the Confederate States of America is adopted. (11. March 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: Union troops occupy Alexandria, Virginia. (24. May 1861)

American Civil War: at the order of President Abraham Lincoln, Union troops begin a 25 mile march into Virginia for what will become the First Battle of Bull Run, the first major land battle of the war. (16. July 1861)

Serfdom is abolished in Russia. (19. February 1861)

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

American Civil War: First Battle of Bull Run – at Manassas Junction, Virginia, the first major battle of the war begins and ends in a victory for the Confederate army. (21. July 1861)

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

The Pony Express officially ceases operations. (26. October 1861)

American Civil War: Confederate President Jefferson Davis appoints Judah Benjamin secretary of war. (21. November 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)

American Civil War: The state of Louisiana secedes from the Union. (26. January 1861)

The First Taranaki War ends in New Zealand. (19. March 1861)

American Civil War: Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in seceding from the United States. (19. January 1861)

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