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American Civil War 1861-1865 timeline
1860
Lincoln becomes the Republican presidential candidate, benefiting from a Democratic party split on the issue of slavery
1860
Republican contender Abraham Lincoln is elected US president with only 39% of the popular vote and no electoral votes in eleven southern states
1860
South Carolina becomes the first southern state to secede from the Union in response to Lincoln's election
1861
The seven members of the newly formed Condederacy elect Jefferson Davis as their provisional president
1861
Richmond, the state capital of Virginia, becomes the capital of the Southern Confederacy
1861
Shots are fired against the Federal military garrison in Fort Sumter, in Charleston harbour, launching the American Civil War
Recruiting for the Confederate army, 1861
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