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Thursday, March 7, 1861

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Army Events:

			Abandonment:	Camp Verde, TX	March 7, 1861
			Operation:	Charleston Harbor, SC	December 20, 1860 - April 14, 1861
			Operation:	Fort Humboldt, CA	January 16 - May 18, 1861
			Abandonment:	Ringgold Barracks, TX	March 7, 1861
			Abandonment:	Verde Camp, TX	March 7, 1861

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		Appointment:	Braxton Bragg, CSA, to Brigadier General
		Appointment:	Samuel Cooper, CSA, to Brigadier General

(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.)

Naval Events:

Gideon Welles of Hartford, Connecticut, took office in Washington as Secretary of the Navy.

(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:

Georgia Convention reassmebles.

Louisiana Legislature adopts ordinance in secret session transferring to the Confederate States $536,000, being the amount of bullion in the U. S. mint and customs seized by the State.

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