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February 4: Confederate Constitutional Convention meets in Montgomery, Alabama; Richmond elects three delegates to Virginia Secession Convention
March 4: Abraham Lincoln Inaugurated
April 12: Fort Sumter fired upon and surrenders next day
April 15: President Abraham Lincoln issues proclamation declaring insurrection
April 17: Virginia State Convention in Richmond adopts ordinance of secession
April 18: US property seized in Richmond
April 19: Richmond holds night parade celebrating secession
April 21: Fear of Federal Gunboat Pawnee on James River
May 20: Confederate Congress votes to move national capital to Richmond
May 29: Jefferson Davis arrives in Richmond
February 22: Jefferson Davis inaugurated as Confederate President
February 25: President Davis sends message to Confederate Congress
March 1: President Davis declares martial law in Richmond
March 13: President Davis appoints General Robert E. Lee in charge of military operations of Confederate armies
March 13: Yorktown falls to Union forces and Confederate troops begin to fall back toward Richmond
April 16: Confederate Congress initiates conscription
May 15: Federal forces fired on by Confederate batteries at Drewry’s Bluff eight miles south of Richmond
May 31: Battle of Seven Pines (Fair Oaks); General Joseph E. Johnston severely wounded and replaced first by General G. W. Smith and then Robert E. Lee on June 1
June 12: Confederate General JEB Stuart begins ride around Federal General George B. McClellan’s forces
June 15: General Stuart arrives in Richmond
June 23: Dabb’s House Conference north of Richmond as General Lee met with Confederate generals including Stonewall Jackson to plan counter offensive
June 25: Seven Days’ Campaign begins
July 1 Battle of Malvern Hill leads Federal forces to begin retreat to Harrison’s Landing
July 13: Part of General Lee’s army begins to move away from Richmond defenses
August 18: Second Session of Confederate Congress meets in Richmond
October 10: President Davis asks Virginia to draft 4,500 African Americans to work on completion of Richmond fortifications
January 12: Third Session of Confederate Congress convenes in Richmond
March 13: Explosion at Confederate Ordnance Laboratory in Richmond kills 69, including 62 women
April 2: Richmond Bread Riot
May 11: General Stonewall Jackson’s remains arrive in Richmond to lie in state
May 15: Large fire at Crenshaw Woolen Mills spreads to Tredegar Works
May 28: Election Day for Confederate Congress
January 4: Richmond reception for General John Hunt Morgan
January 25: Fire at Confederate hospital buildings at Camp Winder
February 9: 109 Federal Officers tunnel out of Libby Prison. 59 reach Union lines
February 23: Buyer’s panic in Richmond leads to large price increases
February 28-March 1: Federal General Judson Kilpatrick leads raid on Richmond; Federal Colonel Ulric Dahlgren, after coming within two miles of Richmond, is killed on March 2
March 22: Heavy snowfall in city
May 2: First Session of Second Congress of CSA convenes in Richmond
May 11: Battle of Yellow Tavern, six miles north of Richmond; JEB Stuart killed
May 12: Federal General Benjamin Butler’s troops at City Point and Bermuda Hundred threaten Petersburg and Richmond
June 1-3: Battle of Cold Harbor
June 14: Army of the Potomac begins crossing James River
June 15-18: Federal attack on Petersburg fails
April 1: Battle of Five Forks
April 2: CSA government evacuates Richmond; Confederate army sets fire
April 3: Federal troops occupy Richmond
April 4: President Lincoln visits Richmond
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