1861
Confederacy's founding year
1861 refers to a year in the nineteenth century, most notably when the American Civil War began and Abraham Lincoln assumed the presidency.
The number appears in historical contexts, addresses, and dates: The house at 1861 Oak Street, built in 1861.
Like other four-digit numbers, it functions as a year, street number, or identifier depending on context.
South Carolina coastal fortification
- secessionFormal withdrawal from union
- UnionNamed political entity
- ConfederacySecessionist Southern government
- Jefferson DavisConfederacy's only president
states' rights · first shots · border states · blockade · mobilization · rebellion · antebellum · southern states
Ownership of people
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- LincolnMidwestern state capital
- freedomAbsence of constraint
- bondageInvoluntary subjugation to another
Emancipation Proclamation · Frederick Douglass · contraband · fugitive slaves · liberation · abolitionists · servitude · manumission
Era of mechanized production
- steam engineThermal vapor motor
- telegraphElectrical message system
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
- gaslightDistort someone's reality
Charles Dickens · corset · crinoline · top hat · horse-drawn carriage · paddle steamer · penny-farthing · railroads
Fort Sumter
South Carolina coastal fortification
- secessionFormal withdrawal from union
- UnionNamed political entity
- ConfederacySecessionist Southern government
Jefferson Davis · states' rights · first shots · border states · blockade · mobilization · rebellion · antebellum · southern states · militia
slavery
Ownership of people
- abolitionFormal discontinuation of practice
- LincolnMidwestern state capital
- freedomAbsence of constraint
bondage · Emancipation Proclamation · Frederick Douglass · contraband · fugitive slaves · liberation · abolitionists · servitude · manumission · rights
Industrial Revolution
Era of mechanized production
- steam engineThermal vapor motor
- telegraphElectrical message system
- colonialismDomination through foreign settlement
Charles Dickens · gaslight · corset · crinoline · top hat · horse-drawn carriage · paddle steamer · penny-farthing · railroads · Great Exhibition
- Fort SumterFort Sumter, Beauregard, bombardment, first shots, Charleston
18611865
Civil War's conclusion year
Appomattox · 1877 · Reconstruction · reunification · E pluribus unum
18611789
Late eighteenth century
E pluribus unum · reunification · national unity · 1787 · Constitutional Convention
18611865
Civil War's conclusion year
Juneteenth · Thirteenth Amendment · freedom · abolition · liberation