The four upper south states did not all secede on the same day. The day after the attack on Fort Sumter, April 15, 1861, Lincoln called for 75,000 troops to help "suppress the rebellion", and assigned a quota of part of that 75,000 to each state, including the four states of the upper south. That put those four states to the decision of whether to help make war on their relatives and neighbors in adjoining states, or to throw in with them. Each of the four states had to work its way through whatever political framework had been created for making the decision on whether to secede. Virginia, for instance, had a Convention to decide the issue which had been meeting since February 13, after the seven states which were the first to secede had formed the Confederate States of America on February 4. The Virginia Convention had actually voted against secession on April 4, but then eight days later the attack on Sumter began, and on April 15 came Lincoln's call for troops from Virginia. Since the Virginia Convention was already meeting and able to decide the issue, they were able to vote to secede on April 17. It took North Carolina a month longer, because a statewide referendum had to be organized to let all the eligible voters vote on the issue, so North Carolina did not secede until May 20.
April 1861
April 12-13
The state of Washington was admitted to the Union of the United States on November 11, 1889.
At 4:30 A.M. on the date of April 12th, 1861.
Indiana became a state in the United States on December 11, 1816. It was the 19th state admitted to the Union.
April 1861
April 12, 1861. Causes by the south's attack on Fort Sumter :]
April 12-13
Regarding the date of the Battle of Ft. Sumter. The answer is April 12, 1861.At 4:30am a signal rocket was fired by condeferate forces by command of General Pierre G.T. de Beauregard on orders from Jefferson Davis himself, thus beginning the battle and signalizing the beginning of the Civil War.The commander of Ft. Sumter and its union garrison was Major Robert Anderson. After a 34-hour bombardment the union garrison surrendered, the Union Jack was lowered and the red and blue confederate flag was raised.
The US Civil War did not begin when South Carolina succeeded from the Union. This date was December 20th of 1860. The Civil War date of beginning was officially April 14, 1861 and the firing upon Union port Fort Sumter.
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35 Abraham Lincoln was elected as US President, for the first time on November 6, 1860. On this date, none of the Southern States had seceded from the Union, and there were 35 states, in the US. The following month, South Carolina declared its secession on December 20, 1860. By the time Lincoln took office on March 4, 1861, 7 Southern States had declared secession from the Union.
April 12, 1861.
Fort Sumter was attacked in April of 1861.
The state of Washington was admitted to the Union of the United States on November 11, 1889.
June,2, 2015
April 14, 1861