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Wednesday, January 2, 1861

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Army Events:

			Operation:	Charleston Harbor, SC	December 20, 1860 - April 14, 1861
			Skirmish:	Clearon River, New Mexico Territory	January 2, 1861
			Seizure:	Fort Johnson, SC	January 2, 1861

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Appointment:

Col. Charles Pomeroy Stone, Inspector General, USA, is placed in charge of securing the safety of the nation's capital, Washington, D.C.

(Source: Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Vol. I, p. 660-991. Frederick H. Dyer; The Chronological Tracking Of The American Civil War Per The Offical Records Of The War of the Rebellion pp. 1-336. Ronald A. Mosocco.)

Additional Information:

Forts Pulaski and Jackson, and the U. S. Arsenal, Savannah, Georgia, is seized by Georgia State troops, under advice from Georgia members of Congress.

(Source: The Political History of the United States of America During the Great Rebellion 1860-1865. p. 2-47. Edward McPherson; A Concise Encyclopedia of the Civil War, p. 203-221. Henry E. Simmons 1965.)