2011 events

January
9 Charleston, South Carolina. Cadets from the Citadel fire on the Star of the West from Cummings Point, South Carolina; arguably the first shot fired in the Civil War.

February
18 Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as President of the Confederate States of America.

March
4 Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated as President of the United States of America.

April
12 Charleston, South Carolina. Bombardment of Ft. Sumter, 0430. First Union return fire is ordered by Brigadier General Abner Doubleday. The CWgasm troops were not in Charleston, South Carolina for the event, due to an unexpected failure of transport.
Santa Rosa Island, Florida. Troops land at Fort Pickens
13 Robert Anderson, Major General, USA, surrenders Fort Sumter.
14 Fort Sumter evacuated.
15 Lincoln calls for 75,000 volunteers.
17 Indianola, Texas. The Star of the West is seized by Confederate troops. Virginia secedes from the Union.
19 Baltimore, Maryland. The 6th Massachusetts is caught up in a riot, losing the first Union soldiers.
20 Norfolk, Virginia. The Union naval yard is burned.
27 Washington, DC. Lincoln suspends habeas corpus.

May
1 Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. T. Jackson sent with troops by RE Lee.
6 The Confederacy issues letters of marque and reprisal.
9 Newport, Rhode Island. US Naval Academy relocates from Annapolis.
13 Baltimore, Maryland. General Butler’s troops occupy the city.
20 Richmond, Virginia. Confederate capital relocates.
24 Alexandria, Virginia. Elmer Ellsworth, 11th NY, is first Union combat casualty, shot while removing a Confederate flag from a hotel; the shooter, James Jackson, is shot in turn.
31 Washington, DC. Postal service is cut between the Union and the Confederacy.

June
1 Fairfax County Courthouse, Virginia. First skirmishes; Captain John Marr, CSA, is one of the earliest Southern casualties.
5 Delaware. Federal marshals seize powder at the Dupont works.
10 Bethel Church, Virginia. Skirmish; 18 Union dead, only 1 Confederate.
14 Harper’s Ferry, Virginia. Confederates flee oncoming Union troops.
17 Washington, DC. Thaddeus Lowe demonstrates a hot-air balloon.
30 Charleston, South Carolina. CSS Sumter evades Union blockade.

July
8 New Mexico Territory. General HH Sibley put in command of CSA troops.
21 Manassas, Virginia. First Battle of Manassas/Bull Run ends with Union retreat. The CWgasm troops were not there, fortunately; it was exceedingly hot.
27 Washington, DC. George McClellan is given command of the Army of the Potomac.

August
5 Fernandina, Florida. USS Vincennes captures and burns CSS Alvarado.
9 Wilson’s Creek, Missouri. Battle between Union troops under General Lyon (who is killed) and Confederate militia under Sterling Price.
12 Texas. Confederate troops are attacked by Apaches, who kill fifteen.
15 Dry Tortugas, Florida. Sixty soldiers of the Second Maine Volunteers are sent to the islands following a mutiny.
27 Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Union troops land and seize Forts Clark and Hatteras with few casualties.

September
1 Cape Girardau, Missouri. General Ulysses S. Grant assumes command of Union forces in Missouri.
6 Paducah, Kentucky. Union forces move to prevent Confederates from taking the city.

October
1 Pamilco Sound, North Carolina. Confederates seize the Union steamer Fanny.
4 Washington, DC. John Ericsson is given a contract to build ironclads, including the Monitor.
5 California. Expedition by Union forces to Oak Grove and Temecula Ranch to find Confederates.
21 Leesburg, Virginia. Debacle at Ball’s Bluff.
25 Greenpoint, Long Island. Keel for the Monitor is laid.
29 Cape Hatteras, North Carolina. Naval expedition under Admiral DuPont runs into major storm.

November
1 Washington, DC. General Winfield Scott resigns and is succeeded by General George McClellan.
5 & 6 Hamilton, North Carolina. The CWGasm (represented only by Mark Wilson Seymour) is there for the off-year reenactment at Fort Branch.
6 Richmond, Virginia. Jefferson Davis is reelected as president of the Confederacy.
7 Port Royal Sound, South Carolina. DuPont’s expedition lands.
8 Havana, Cuba. USS San Jacinto captures Confederate emissaries Slidell and Mason from the British ship Trent. Major scandal ensues.
24 Tybee Island, Georgia. Federal troops land.
25 Wheeling, West Virginia. Suceeding from secession, West Virigina leaves Virginia.
27 Ship Island, Mississippi. Union expeditionary force lands to prepare for assault on New Orleans.

December
3 Ship Island, Mississippi. General Butler lands troops of the 26th Massachusetts and the Ninth Connecticut.
8 Atlantic Ocean. Northern whaler Eben Dodge is seized by CSS Sumter.
11 Charleston, South Carolina. City is ravaged by a fire.
14 London, England Queen Victoria dies.
30 Boston, Massachusetts. Mason and Slidell are released into British custody.