Thursday, January 24, 1861

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Army Events:

Seizure: Augusta Arsenal, GA January 24, 1861
Operation: Charleston Harbor, SC December 20, 1860 - April 14, 1861
Operation: Fort Humboldt, CA January 16 - May 18, 1861

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


Additional Information:

U. S. Arsenal in Augusta, Georgia, is seized by 700 Georgia State troops. The Arsenal contained two 12-pound howitzers, two cannons, 22,000 muskets and rifles, and large stores of powder, cannon balls, grape shot, etc.

Georgia elects delegates to Southern Congress at Montgomery, Alabama.

(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.)



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