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Type	Date Span	Title
Battles/Soldiers	Fri, February 8, 1861	In Arkansas, local militia seize the U.S. Arsenal at Little Rock
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sat, February 9, 1861	Jefferson Davis selected as Provisional President of the Confederate States
Campaigns/Elections	Sat, February 9, 1861	In a statewide poll, Tennessee votes against holding a secession convention
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sat, February 9, 1861 - Fri, March 15, 1861	The Provisional Congress of the Confederate States is sitting in Montgomery, Alabama
Campaigns/Elections	Sun, February 10, 1861	Philadelphians gather to cheer a shipment of heavy cannon bound for the defenses of New York Harbor
Crime/Disasters	Sun, February 10, 1861	In Illinois, three mothers and four of their children die in a freezing river when their sleigh overturns
Campaigns/Elections	Mon, February 11, 1861	President-Elect Lincoln departs Springfield, Illinois on his eleven-day pre-inaugural journey
Campaigns/Elections	Tue, February 12, 1861	President-Elect Abraham Lincoln visits Indianapolis on his eleven-day pre-inaugural journey
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, February 13, 1861	President-Elect Abraham Lincoln visits Columbus, Ohio on his eleven-day pre-inaugural journey
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, February 13, 1861	The presidential election becomes official with the announcement from the Electoral College
Lawmaking/Litigating	Wed, February 13, 1861 - Wed, May 1, 1861	The Virginia Convention on secession is meeting in Richmond
Battles/Soldiers	Wed, February 13, 1861	The first action that wins the Congressional Medal of Honor takes place in Arizona
Crime/Disasters	Wed, February 13, 1861	An early thaw causes heavy ice damage and severe flooding along the riverbanks of New England
Campaigns/Elections	Thu, February 14, 1861	In Cumberland County, the secession flag is briefly hoisted in Shippensburg, Pennsylvania
Campaigns/Elections	Thu, February 14, 1861	President-Elect Abraham Lincoln arrives in Pittsburgh on his eleven-day pre-inaugural journey
Business/Industry	Thu, February 14, 1861	The Bank of England again raises its discount rate as the pressure on bullion continues
Campaigns/Elections	Fri, February 15, 1861	Abraham Lincoln speaks in Pittsburgh and then continues his pre-inaugural tour to Cleveland, Ohio
Campaigns/Elections	Sat, February 16, 1861	Abraham Lincoln travels from Cleveland to Buffalo, New York meeting Grace Bedell on the way
Lawmaking/Litigating	Sat, February 16, 1861	Celebrated extradition case of escaped Missouri slave John Anderson in Canada ends with his release
Battles/Soldiers	Sat, February 16, 1861	General Daniel Twiggs surrenders all U.S. Army units and installations to Texas state troops
Campaigns/Elections	Mon, February 18, 1861	Abraham Lincoln reaches Albany, New York on his pre-inaugural tour and speaks at the capitol
Lawmaking/Litigating	Mon, February 18, 1861	Jefferson Davis sworn in as Provisional President of the Confederate States
Campaigns/Elections	Mon, February 18, 1861 - Tue, February 19, 1861	Secessionists occupy a disused fort in Nebraska overnight but lose it to Unionists in the morning
US/the World	Tue, February 19, 1861	The French begin operations to relieve the blockade of Saigon in Cochin-China
Campaigns/Elections	Tue, February 19, 1861	Abraham Lincoln arrives in New York City on his pre-inaugural tour
Campaigns/Elections	Wed, February 20, 1861	Abraham Lincoln spends the day in New York City, addresses the City Council, and goes to the Opera
Crime/Disasters	Thu, February 21, 1861	Huge gale blowing across southern England kills dozens and destroys the spire of Chichester Cathedral
Campaigns/Elections	Thu, February 21, 1861	Abraham Lincoln travels to Trenton, New Jersey and then to Philadelphia on his pre-inaugural tour
Education/Culture	Fri, February 22, 1861	Edward Payson Weston sets off to walk from Boston to Washington DC to pay off an election bet
Campaigns/Elections	Fri, February 22, 1861	Abraham Lincoln visits Harrisburg, Pennsylvania and from there secretly travels directly to Washington