February 7, 1861

Choctaw Nation in Indian territory aligns itself with the Provisional Confederate government.

February 6, 1861

Richmond ramps up arms production at the Tredegar Iron Works.

February 5, 1861

Three of the four Louisiana representatives to the U.S. Congress leave their seat.

February 4, 1861

Confederate constitutional convention meets for the first time.

 Delegates from South Carolina, Mississippi, Florida, Georgia, and Louisiana meet in Montgomery, Alabama to establish the Confederate States of America.

February 3, 1861

Ben McCullough, a former Texas Ranger and U.S. Marshal, receives an appointment as a "military officer" from the committee of public safety in Texas.

February 2, 1861

Let the 'great, but not the greatest, evil' come ; for, as did the great and good Calhoun, from whom is drawn that expression of value, I love and venerate the Union of these States, but I love Liberty and Mississippi more." 

Jefferson Davis, as quoted in February 2, 1861 issue of Harper's Weekly

February 1, 1861

Delegates convene in Austin, Texas to vote for secession.