This Month in the Civil War: Davis Inaugurated and President-Elect Lincoln Arrives in D.C.. Wilmington Captured

From the February 2023 American Battlefield Trust calendar.

FEBRUARY 15, 1861

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

FEBRUARY 18. 1861

**  Jefferson Davis inaugurated as President of the Confederate States of America.

FEBRUARY 20, 1864

**  Battle of Olustee, Florida.

FEBRUARY 21, 1862

Battle of Valverde,New Mexico Territory.

FEBRUARY 22, 1865

**  Union captures Wilmington, North Carolina, the last major southern port on the east coast.

FEBRUARY 23, 1861

**  President-elect Abraham Lincoln, arrives in Washington, D.C.

--Old Secesh