Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

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A Diary of American Events – February 13, 1861

February 13, 2011

The American Civil War,The Rebellion Record—A Diary of American Events; by Frank Moore

Feb. 13.—Abraham Lincoln, of Illinois, and Hannibal Hamlin, of Maine, were declared by Vice-President Breckenridge, elected President and Vice-President of the United States for the four years from March 4, 1861.—(Doc. 36.)—Tribune, Feb. 14.

—Eight thousand Sharp’s rifle cartridges and 10,000 Sharp’s rifle primers, were seized by the police in New York city on a Charleston steamer.—Idem.

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