One hundered and forty-four and forty years ago respectively

1861
Ft. Sumter, South Carolina was captured by the provisional Confederate forces. The War of Northern Aggression has started in full.

1865
The Tyrant Licoln is shot, but as all governments do, the Tyrant Licoln's outright usruption over the soveriegn States and more importantly, the sovereign individual, continues to grow and the trampling continues unabated- for now...

--WP