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Saturday, January 12, 1861

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Army Events:

			Operation:	Charleston Harbor, SC	December 20, 1860 - April 14, 1861
			Seizure:	Fort Barrancas, FL	January 12, 1861
			Seizure:	Fort McRae, FL	January 12, 1861
			Seizure:	Pensacola, Navy Yard, FL	January 12, 1861

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

Naval Events:

Fort Barrancas and the Pensacola Navy Yard, commanded by Captain James Armstrong, USN, were seized by Florida and Alabama militia. Union troops escaped across the Bay to Fort Pickens on Santa Rosa Island, a position which remained in Union hands throughout the war.

(Source: Civil War Naval Chronology 1861-1865. pp. I:1-41; II:1-117; III:1-170; IV:1-152; V:1-134. 1971: Naval History Division, Navy Department.)

Additional Information:

Mississippi withdraws its Representatives from the U. S. Congress.

Tennessee passes Convention Bill.

(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.)