Thursday, January 3, 1861

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Army Events:

Operation: Charleston Harbor, SC December 20, 1860 - April 14, 1861
Seizure: Fort Pulaski, GA January 3, 1861

(Source: Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Vol. I, p. 660-991. Frederick H. Dyer.)


Additional Information:

South Carolina's Commissioners leave Washington, D.C.

Florida Convention meets.

Maryland Governor Thomas H. Hicks issues an address to the people of Maryland against secession, and Henry Winter Davis addresses the citizens of Maryland in favor of the Union. Numerour pro-Union meetings take place throughout the state of Maryland.

(Source: The Political History of the United States of America During the Great Rebellion 1860-1865. p. 2-47. Edward McPherson.)



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