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Monday, March 18, 1861

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Army Events:

			Operation:	Charleston Harbor, SC	December 20, 1860 - April 14, 1861
			Affair:	Columbia River, Washington Territory	March 18, 1861
			Operation:	Fort Humboldt, CA	January 16 - May 18, 1861
			Affair:	Kootenay River, Washington Territory	March 18, 1861

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Resignation:

Sam Houston, Governor of Texas, leaves office rather than swear allegiance to the Confederacy

(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:

Brigadier General Braxton Bragg, CSA, issued an order forbidding passage of supplies to Fort Pickens and the U.S. squadron off Pensacola.

(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:

Arkansas Convention defeats an Ordinance of Secession: yeas 35, neas 39. The Convention effects a compromise by agreeing to submit the question of co-operation or secession to the people of the State on the first Monday in August, 1861.

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