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1861 in the American Civil War | HearLore
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1861 in the American Civil War
Battle of Port RoyalSecretary of the Navy Gideon Welles appointed a commission to study the difficulties of blockading the Southern coastline.
Union blockadeOn the 19th of April 1861, President Abraham Lincoln issued a Proclamation of Blockade against Southern ports. The document declared that an insurrection had…
Battle of Philippi (1861)On the 13th of May 1861, Maj. Gen. George B. McClellan assumed command of the Department of the Ohio from his headquarters in Cincinnati, Ohio.
Proclamation 80On the 15th of April 1861, Abraham Lincoln signed a document that would reshape the nation. This proclamation demanded 75,000 militiamen to end the rebellion…
Trent AffairIn the early 1840s, a boundary dispute between the United States and Great Britain over Oregon nearly sparked war. British leaders in London grew…
First Battle of Bull RunOn the 20th of December 1860, South Carolina became the first of seven Southern states to declare secession from the Union.
Baltimore riot of 1861In 1861, many Baltimoreans did not support a violent conflict with their southern neighbors and some of them strongly sympathized with the Southern cause.
Battle of Wilson's CreekIn 1861, the state of Missouri stood as a politically divided border state. Permitting slavery, it maintained long-standing cultural and economic ties to the…