The Battle For Ft. Sumter Is Under Way

Davis Decides To Take Sumter By Force

Ex-President John Tyler’s National Peace Conference Meets In Washington

Tyler’s Peace Conference Is Another Predictable Failure

CSA President Jefferson Davis Stalls For Time On Ft. Sumter

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The South Regards The Speech As A Declaration Of War

Lincoln Delivers Confusing Messages On Route To Washington

The Confederate States Of America Are Founded

Florida Threatens To Seize Ft. Pickens

Lincoln Is Sworn In And Delivers His Inaugural Address

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Confusion Reigns As The Federal Expeditions To The Forts Head Out

Lincoln Sends Messengers To Charleston While Monitoring The Virginia Convention

Two Last Second Bills Gain Congressional Approval

A Northern Controlled Congress Admits Kansas As A Free State

Aftermath 1861

Lincoln Sends Messengers To Charleston To Assess The Situation

Seward Adds Confusion And Lincoln Puts Him In His Place

Threats To Both Washington And Sumter Become Imminent

Lincoln Names His Cabinet And It Debates Sumter Strategy

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Pressures On Buchanan Continue To Mount

Ft. Sumter Ends And “Then The War Came”

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Senate Resignations Provoke More Last Ditch Efforts To Preserve Peace

Organizational Confusion Mars Planning For The Expeditions

Lincoln Decides To Reinforce Both Ft. Sumter And Ft. Pickens