Category Archives: 1860s

North Carolina becomes 11th and final Southern slave state to secede from Union 160 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 20 1861)

1860s, American Civil War


Video: 'North Carolina in the Civil War'

(Monday, May 20, 1861; during the American Civil War) — Five weeks and four days after the beginning of the Battle of Fort Sumter in South Carolina, which triggered the American Civil War, delegates to a convention in Raleigh voted unanimously today to become the 11th Southern state to secede from the Union to preserve the enslavement of black people.
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Tennessee becomes 10th Southern slave state to secede from the Union 160 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 7 1861)

1860s, American Civil War


Video: 'Tennessee in the Civil War'

(Tuesday, May 7, 1861; during the American Civil War) — Three weeks and four days after the beginning of the Battle of Fort Sumter in South Carolina, which triggered the American Civil War, the Tennessee legislature ratified an agreement today to enter a military league with the Confederate States, becoming the tenth southern state to secede to preserve the enslavement of black people.
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Arkansas becomes ninth Southern state to secede from the Union 160 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (May 6 1861)

1860s, American Civil War


Video: 'Arkansas in the Civil War'

(Monday, May 6, 1861; during the American Civil War) — Three weeks and three days after the beginning of the Battle of Fort Sumter in South Carolina, which triggered the American Civil War, delegates to the Arkansas Secession Convention voted 69-1 to secede from the Union today in Little Rock, becoming the ninth southern state to secede to preserve the enslavement of black people.
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Virginia becomes eighth Southern slave state to secede from the Union 160 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 17 1861)

1860s, American Civil War, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Virginia in the Civil War'

(Wednesday, April 17, 1861; during the American Civil War) — Delegates to the Virginia Secession Convention of 1861 voted 88-55 to secede from the Union today in Richmond, becoming the eighth southern state to secede to preserve the enslavement of black people and the first since the Battle of Fort Sumter and President Abraham Lincoln’s call up of militia to retake federal property.
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U.S. President Abraham Lincoln declares state of insurrection, calls for 75,000 volunteer troops 160 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 15 1861)

1860s, American Civil War, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'The Civil War - 1 - Savasin Sebebi (1861)' (Apr. 15, 1861, at 52:54)

(Monday, April 15, 1861; during the American Civil War) — Three days after the Confederate attack on Fort Sumter, South Carolina, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln declared a state of insurrection today and called on the states to provide 75,000 militiamen to retake federal property and to suppress the rebellion by seven Southern slave states.
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American Civil War begins as Confederate troops fire on Fort Sumter in South Carolina’s Charleston Harbor 160 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Apr 12 1861)

1860s, American Civil War, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Fort Sumter: Animated Battle Map'

(Friday, April 12, 1861, 4:30 a.m. local time; during the Battle of Fort Sumter, part of the American Civil War) — The American Civil War, a civil war fought between northern states loyal to the Union and southern states that had seceded to preserve the enslavement of black people, began early today when secessionist forces attacked Fort Sumter in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina.
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Abraham Lincoln inaugurated as 16th president of the United States, Hannibal Hamlin as 15th VP 160 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Mar 4 1861)

1860s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'President Abraham Lincoln 1st Inaugural Address - Hear and Read the Full Text'

(Monday, March 4, 1861, shortly after 1:00 p.m. local time) — Former Representative Abraham Lincoln, 52, of Illinois was inaugurated today as the 16th president of the United States at the East Portico of the U.S. Capitol in Washington, D.C., with Chief Justice Roger B. Taney administering the oath of office.
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President-elect Lincoln secretly arrives in Washington following word of possible assassination plot 160 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 23 1861)

1860s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'The Secret Plot to Kill Abraham Lincoln Before the Civil War'

(Saturday, February 23, 1861, 6:00 a.m. local time, during the Baltimore Plot) — With the nation on the brink of civil war over slavery, President-elect Abraham Lincoln arrived safely in Washington, D.C., in disguise early this morning after learning of a plot to assassinate him as he passed through Baltimore, Maryland.
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Jefferson Davis sworn in as provisional president of the Confederate States of America 160 years ago this hour #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 18 1861)

1860s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Ken Burns’ Civil War, ep1 part 2-3' (Feb. 18, 1861, at 29:18)

(Monday, February 18, 1861, approximately 1:00 p.m. local time) — Jefferson Davis was inaugurated as provisional president of the Confederate States of America today on the steps of the Alabama State Capitol in Montgomery before an audience estimated at ten thousand people.
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President-elect Abraham Lincoln bids farewell to adopted hometown of Springfield, Illinois 160 years ago #OnThisDay #OTD (Feb 11 1861)

1860s, U.S. Presidents


Video: 'Lincoln's Farewell Address to Springfield'

(Monday, February 11, 1861, 8:00 a.m. local time) — With the country on the brink of civil war over the issue of slavery, U.S. President-elect Abraham Lincoln departed his adopted hometown of Springfield, Illinois, today en route to his inauguration in the nation’s capital on Mar. 4, 1861.
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