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February 15, 1861 ~ Friday

15 We left Ogden & returned home to Great Salt Lake City & spent the night
at home whole Distance to Box Elder & Back again 130 miles

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Seven Southern states secede from Union. (Confederacy includes 15 states and territories by 1862.)

inaugurated as 16th President of 26 states.