-
Crimean War In Russia
The Crimean War, also known in Russian historiography as the Eastern War of 1853–1856 (October 1853 – February 1856), was a conflict in which Russia lost to an alliance of France, Britain, the Ottoman Empire, and Sardinia. -
Civil War in "Bleeding Kansas"
The violent civil disturbances in the US territory of Kansas from 1854 to 1858. The violence was provoked by the Kansas-Nebraska Act, a piece of legislation passed in the US Congress in 1854. -
Seven seceding states form Confederate States of America
The state of South Carolina, leader of the secessionist movement, justified its retereat from the Union in its declaration of independence of December 1860. -
Confederacy enacts conscription Homestead Act
The first of the acts, the Homestead Act of 1862, was signed into law by President Abraham Lincoln on May 20, 1862. Anyone who had never taken up arms against the U.S. government (including freed slaves and women), was 21 years or older, or the head of a family, could file an application to claim a federal land grant. -
National Banking System Established
a commercial bank chartered by the comptroller of the currency of the U.S. Treasury. A national bank functions as a member bank of the Federal Reserve in the capacity of investing member of its district Federal Reserve Bank. -
Alabama Sunk by union warship
The most successful and feared Confederate commerce raider of the war, the CSS Alabama, sinks after a spectacular battle off the coast of France with the USS Kearsarge.
