NSD

The following is the timeline for the NSD universe.

1860 - 1865

 * 1860 - Crittenden Compromise
 * 1860 - Abraham Lincoln (Republican) wins the 1860 U.S. Presidential Election.
 * 1860 - South Carolina secedes from the United States
 * 1861 - Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as President of the United States.
 * 1861 - Florida, Alabama, Mississippi, Texas, Louisiana, North Carolina, and Georgia secede from the United States.
 * 1861 - Confederate States of America is established in Montgomery, Alabama.
 * 1861 - Jefferson Davis is elected and inaugurated as President of the Confederate States.
 * 1861 - The Fort Sumter Incident occurs
 * 1861 - The Thirteenth Amendment to the U.S. Constitution is proposed.
 * 1861 - Virginia, Kentucky, Tennessee, and Arkansas secede from the United States and are admitted to the Confederate States.
 * 1862 - Thirteenth Amendment is ratified.
 * 1862 - The United States refuses to meet with the Confederates for negotiations in Paris.
 * 1863 - The Richmond Summit takes place, which results in Abraham Lincoln signing the Richmond Accords.
 * 1864 - Nevada is admitted to the United States.
 * 1864 - The Fourteenth Amendment is ratified. (This guarantees the civil liberties of all citizens, regardless of race.)
 * 1864 - Hannibal Hamlin wins the 1864 U.S. Presidential Election.
 * 1864 - West Virginia is admitted to the United States.
 * 1865 - The Fifteenth Amendment is ratified. (This abolishes secession and clarifies that all states are subordinate to the Federal Government.)