Timeline (Pursuit of Meade)

1860

 * November 6: Republican Candidate Abraham Lincoln is elected President of the United States.
 * December 20: South Carolina secedes from the Union.

1861

 * January 9: Mississippi secedes from the Union.
 * January 10: Florida secedes from the Union.
 * January 11: Alabama secedes from the Union.
 * January 19: Georgia secedes from the Union.
 * January 26: Louisiana secedes from the Union.
 * February 1: Texas secedes from the Union.
 * February 8: The Confederate States of America is formed.
 * February 18: Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as President of the Confederate States.
 * March 2: Texas joins the Confederacy.
 * March 4: Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as the 16th President of the United States.
 * April 12: Fort Sumter is attacked by Confederate forces, the American Civil War begins.

1864

 * November 8: President Lincoln is reelected President of the United States.