| January 1, 1861 |
Georgia votes against holding a secession convention, but the results are manipulated by Governor Joseph Brown to indicate that the state strongly supported the convention.
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Civil War - 1861 |
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Joseph Emerson Brown |
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Herschel V. Johnson |
| January 7, 1861 |
Robert Toombs delivers a farewell to the U. S. Senate, almost two weeks before Georgia votes to secede.
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Robert Toombs |
| January 9, 1861 |
Mississippi secedes from the Union |
| January 10, 1861 |
Florida secedes from the Union |
| January 11, 1861 |
Alabama secedes from the Union |
| January 19, 1861 |
Georgia votes to secede from the Union at a convention held in Milledgeville, Georgia. |
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Civil War - 1861 |
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Robert Toombs |
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Milledgeville |
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Slavery in Georgia |
| January 25, 1861 |
The federal arsenal in Augusta is taken by the Georgia Militia
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Civil War - 1861 |
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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| February 4, 1861 |
Georgia joins Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and South Carolina, becoming a member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America. Georgian Howell Cobb is named president of the assembly.
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Civil War - 1861 |
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Robert Toombs |
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Howell Cobb |
| February 9, 1861 |
Jefferson Davis elected provisional president of the Confederate States
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Jefferson Davis |
| February 10, 1861 |
Alexander "Little Alec" Stephens named Vice-President of the Confederate States of America
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Alexander Stephens |
| February 11, 1861 |
Alexander Stephens inaugurated Vice-President of the C.S.A.
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Alexander Stephens |
| February 21, 1861 |
After being cut off from the U. S. Postal Service the Confederate States of America organized their own post office with John H. Reagan as Postmaster General
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| February 21, 1861 |
Robert Toombs selected Secretary of State, Confederate States of America
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Robert Toombs |
| February 24, 1861 |
The Montgomery Convention completes the Constitution of the Confederate States of America |
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Howell Cobb |
| April 12, 1861 |
Start of the American Civil War
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Thomas Sumter |
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American Civil War |
| April 20, 1861 |
Charles Hillyer (C.H.) Brand, founder of Brand Banking and U. S. Representative born in Loganville
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| June 17, 1861 |
James Longstreet joins the Confederate Army at the rank of Brigadier General
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James Longstreet |
| July 2, 1861 |
Farish Carter dies, Milledgeville
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Milledgeville |
| July 18, 1861 |
First Manassas (Bull Run) |
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James Longstreet |
| July 19, 1861 |
Robert Toombs resigns his post as Secretary of State for the Confederate States of America
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Robert Toombs |
| July 21, 1861 |
Robert Toombs promoted to Brigadier General
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Robert Toombs |
| July 21, 1861 |
First Manasas (Battle of Bull Run)
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Civil War - 1861 |
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John Brown Gordon
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| July 21, 1861 |
Francis Bartow dies from a gunshot wound received during the battle of First Manasas
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Lafayette McLaws |
| October 7, 1861 |
James Longstreet promoted to major general
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James Longstreet |
| October 29, 1861 |
Combined land-sea fleet leaves Hampton Roads, Virginia
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| November 5, 1861 |
General Robert E. Lee placed in charge of Georgia coastal defenses
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Civil War - 1861 |
| November 6, 1861 |
Jefferson Davis elected president of the CSA
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| November 7, 1861 |
Battle of Port Royal Sound
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Civil War - 1861 |
| November 24, 1861 |
Union forces take Tybee Island
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Civil War - 1861 |
| December 5, 1861 |
Major General William Hardee assumed command of the Central Confederate Army in Kentucky
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| December 8, 1861 |
Cass County is renamed to Bartow County
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Lewis Cass |
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Creation of Georgia Counties
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Bartow County, Georgia |
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Bartow County, Georgia |
