Historical Events for June 1861
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Months in 1861: January February March April May July August September October November December
Events 1 - 22 of 22
1st - 1st skirmish in Civil War, Fairfax Court House, Va
1st - British territorial waters & ports off-limits during Civil War
1st - Skirmish at Arlington Mills, VA
1st - US & Confederacy simultaneously stop mail interchange
3rd - 1st Civil War land battle-Union defeats Confederacy at Philippi, WV
5th - Federal marshals seize arms & gunpower at Du Pont works DE
6th - Lincoln's cabinet declares Union government will pay for expenses once states have mobilized volunteers
8th - US Sanitary Commission is given executive approval
8th - American Civil War: Tennessee votes to secede from the Union.
10th - Battle of Big Bethel VA (Bethel Church, Great Bethal)-Union retreats
12th - Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson calls for 50,000 volunteers to stop Federates from taking over his state
14th - Harpers Ferry evacuated by rebels in face of McClellan's advance
15th - Johnston evacuates Harpers Ferry
16th - Battle of Vienna, VA & Secessionville, SC (James Island)
17th - Battle of Boonville, MI-Brigadier General Lyon defeats Confederate forces
19th - Anaheim Post Office established
19th - Francis Pierpont is elected provisional governor of West Virginia
24th - Battle of Mathias Point, VA-US attacks Confederate batteries
24th - Tennessee becomes 11th (& last) state to secede from US
25th - Western Virginia campaign
28th - Leipzig Observatory discovers short-period (6.2 yrs) Comet d'Arrest
30th - CSS Sumter slips past USS Brooklyn blockade
