<a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/American_Civil_War" id="mwhg" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="American Civil War">American Civil War</a>: In <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Montgomery,_Alabama" id="mwhw" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Montgomery, Alabama">Montgomery, Alabama</a>, delegates from six breakaway <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/U.S._state" id="mwiA" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="U.S. state">U.S. states</a> meet and initiate the process that would form the <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Confederate_States_of_America" id="mwiQ" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="Confederate States of America">Confederate States of America</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/February_8" id="mwig" rel="mw:WikiLink" title="February 8">February 8</a>.