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Monday, January 21, 1861

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Army Events:

			Operation:	Charleston Harbor, SC	December 20, 1860 - April 14, 1861
			Operation:	Fort Humboldt, CA	January 16 - May 18, 1861

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		Resignation:	Mississippi Senator Jefferson Davis, from the U.S. Senate
		Resignation:	Alabama Senator Clement C. Clay, Jr., from the U.S. Senate
		Resignation:	Alabama Senator Benjamin Fitzpatrick, from the U.S. Senate
		Resignation:	Florida Stephen R. Mallory, from the U.S. Senate
		Resignation:	Florida Senator David L. Yulee, from the U.S. Senate

(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:

Georgia's Senators and Representatives withdraw from the U.S. Congress.

Mississippi's Senators, including Jefferson Davis, resign from the U. S. Senate.

Florida's Senators and Representatives withdraw from the U. S. Congress.

Alabama's Senators and Representatives withdraw from the U. S. Congress.

Texas Legislature meets.

Virginia Legislature replies to Alabama Commissioners A. F. Hopkins and Frank Gilmer, expressing an inability to make a definite response until after the meeting of the Virginia State Convention.

(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.)