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Thursday, December 20, 1860

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Army Events:

Operation:

Charleston Harbor, SC

December 20, 1860 - April 14, 1861

(Source: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium Of The War Of The Rebellion (Dayton, Ohio: Broadfoot Publishing Co., 1994), Vol. I, pp. 660-991.)

Additional Information:

South Carolina is the first state to secede from the Union.

President James Buchanan appoints Edwin M. Stanton, a leading member of the Democrat party, to the post of Attorney General, replacing Jeremiah S. Black who just three days earlier had been appointed Secretary of State.

North Carolina receives Commissioners from Alabama and Mississippi by letter - the latter, Secretary of the Interior Jacob Thompson.

William H. Collins, Esq., of Baltimore, Maryland, issues an address to the people of Maryland in favor of the Union.

(Source: Edward McPherson, The Political History Of The United States Of America During The Great Rebellion 1860-1865, of Studies In American History And Government, gen. ed. Leonard W. Levy, (New York: Da Capo Press, 1972), pp. 2-47; Joe Kirchberger, The Civil War and Reconstruction: An Eyewitness History (New York: Facts On File, Inc., 1991), pp. 21-25; 44-47; 69-72; 88-95; 143-145; 162-170; 195-216; 255-259.)