Civil War Events in February-- Part 1: The Confederate States of America Formed

From the American Battlefield Trust.

FEBRUARY 4, 1861

**  The seceded states meet in Montgomery, Alabama, to form a government.

FEBRUARY 5, 1861

**  The Battle of Hatcher's Run, Virginia, begins.

FEBRUARY 8, 1861

**  The Confederate States of America adopts a provisional constitution.

FEBRUARY 9, 1861

**   Jefferson Davis elected provisional Confederate President.

FEBRUARY 15, 1861

**  The Provisional Confederate Congress establishes a Peace Commission to avoid war with the United States.

--Old Secesh