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19	Lincoln proclaims a blockade of Confederate ports from South Carolina to Texas.
20	Lee resigns from the U. S. Army.
May 1861
5	Baxter enlists in Mississippi Volunteers,	Adam?s Rifles.
6	Arkansas secedes from the Union.
7	Tennessee, in effect, secedes from	the	Union	by	forming
an alliance with the Confederacy.
16	The Confederate Congress authorizes the recruiting of
400,000 men.
20	North Carolina secedes from the Union.
20	Kentucky proclaims its neutrality.
20	Adams? Rifles mustered into service in Handsboro.
21	The Confederate Congress votes to move the capital to Richmond, Virginia.
23	Virginia votes overwhelmingly to join the Confederacy.
June 1861
8	Adams? Rifles sail for New Orleans.
11	Western Virginia counties refuse to secede and set up a
state government, recognized by Washington as the loyal Virginia government.
July 1861
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