   
|  TIME LINE FOR THE CIVIL WAR, COLONEL ALFRED B. WADE AND THE 73RD INDIANA VOLUNTEER INFANTRY-1861. February 13, 1861 - The electoral college confirms Lincoln's election. February 18, 1861 - Jefferson Davis is inaugurated as provisional President of the Confederacy. March 4, 1861 - Abraham Lincoln is inaugurated. April 12, 1861 - Confederate forces open fire on Fort Sumter. April 13, 1861 - Fort Sumter surrenders. April 15, 1861 - Lincoln calls for 75,000, 90 day volunteers. May 1861 - A.B. Wade enlists in the 9th Indiana Volunteer Infantry. July 21, 1861 - The first Battle of Bull Run (Va.) is fought.
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