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More than 550,000 Americans died fighting the Civil War, including these men who fell during the bloody Battle of Antietam. This section of the timeline of United States history concerns events from 1860 to 1899. April 3, 1860 – Pony Express begins.
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December 20, 1860 - South Carolina responds to the election of Abraham Lincoln as President by being the first southern state to secede from the Union. 1861 February 4, 1861 - In Montgomery, Alabama, the convention to form the Confederated States of America opens.
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On this day in Texas History, April 22, 1897: Sarah Seelye became a member of the George B. McClellan Post, Grand Army of the Republic, in Houston. She was the only woman in history to have served in the Union army, having disguised herself as a man named Franklin, she is pictured as such here.
Events from the year 1860 in the United States. January 10 – The Pemberton Mill collapses in Lawrence, Massachusetts, killing at least 77 workers. February 22 – The New England Shoemakers Strike of 1860 begins in Lynn, Massachusetts. The strike spreads throughout New England, and eventually involves 20,000 workers.
