On March 18, the Arkansas secession convention votes 39 to 35 against secession, but then votes unanimously to put the secession question before the people of the state in an August referendum.Īpril 1861 On April 4, the Virginia secession convention votes 89-45 against an ordinance of secession.Īt 4:30 a.m., April 12, Confederate batteries open fire on Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor with the domestic institutions" of the states Congress adopts and sends to the states a constitutional amendment which would have prohibited any subsequent amendment to "abolish or interfere. On February 9, Tennessee rejects a call for a secession convention by a vote of 68,000 to 59,500. The convention names Jefferson Davis provisional president. South Carolina repel the Star of the West, a supply ship trying to resupply federal forces at Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor.įebruary 1861 On February 8, at a convention in Montgomery, Alabama, seven seceded states adopt a Constitution creating the Confederate States of America. Texas secedes at the beginning of February. January 1861 Mississippi, Florida, Alabama, Georgia, and Louisiana secede from the Union. The Civil War Timeline, Digital History ID 2934ĭecember 1860 On December 20, South Carolina secedes from the Union
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