Confederate States Of America Events

1861 Feb 4 Montgomery Convention
Four days after his resignation, Davis was commissioned a Major General of Mississippi troops. On February 9, 1861, a Constitutional convention at Montgomery, Alabama named him provisiona...
1861 Mar 4 Inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
"The mystic chords of memory . . . will yet swell the chorus of the Union, when again touched, as surely they will be, by the better angels of our nature." —Abraham Lincoln
1861 Nov 6 Jefferson Davis Elected President of the Confederate States of America
On November 6, 1861, Jefferson Davis, who had been elected president of the Provisional Government on February 9, 1861—as a compromise between moderates and radicals—was confirmed by the ...
1862 Sep 22 Abraham Lincoln Issues First Order of Emancipation Proclamation
The Emancipation Proclamation consists of two executive orders issued by United States President Abraham Lincoln during the American Civil War. The first one, issued September 22, 1862, d...
1862 Oct 8 Union And Confederate Forces Fight At Perryville, Kentucky
On October 8, 1862, Union and Confederate forces fought at Perryville, Kentucky, in a one-day battle that repulsed the South's attempt to bring that border state into the Confederacy. Alt...