What happened February 1861 AD

by February 1, 1861, Florida, Mississippi, Alabama, Georgia, Louisiana, and Texas followed (secession).

A pre-war February Peace Conference of 1861 met in Washington, proposing a solution similar to that of the Crittenden compromise; it was rejected by Congress. The Republicans proposed an alternative compromise to not interfere with slavery where it existed but the South regarded it as insufficient.

Six of these states declared themselves to be a sovereign nation, the Confederate States of America, and adopted a constitution.

President Buchanan and President-elect Lincoln refused to recognize the Confederacy, declaring secession illegal. The Confederacy selected Jefferson Davis as its provisional President on February 9, 1861.

On 18 February 1861, Victor Emmanuel assembled the deputies of the first Italian Parliament in Turin.

The primary Confederate force in the Eastern theater was the Army of Northern Virginia. The Army originated as the (Confederate) Army of the Potomac, which was organized on June 20, 1861, from all operational forces in northern Virginia.

On February 23, 1861, Lincoln arrived in disguise in Washington, D.C., which was placed under substantial military guard.