3rd » American Civil War: Delaware votes not to secede from the United States.
9th » American Civil War: The "Star of the West" incident occurs near Charleston, South Carolina. It is considered by some historians to be the "First Shots of the American Civil War".
9th » Mississippi becomes the second state to secede from the Union before the outbreak of the American Civil War.
10th » American Civil War: Florida secedes from the Union (American Civil War) named Union.
19th » American Civil War: Georgia (U.S. state) called Georgia joins South Carolina, Florida, Mississippi, and Alabama in secession called seceding from the United States.
21st » American Civil War: Jefferson Davis resigns from the United States Senate.
26th » American Civil War: The state of Louisiana History of Louisiana Secession and the Civil War (1860–1865) known as secedes from the Union.