Class. n^ Book / MRAf d.d.poptf:!- . HITCHCOCK'S CHRONOLOGICAL RECORD OF THE AMERICAN CIVIL WAR, GIVING EVERY EVENT IN THE ORDER OF ITS OCCURRENCE, FEOM IS'OVEMBER 8th, 1860, TO JUNE 3d, 1865. ALSO, A COMPLETE LIST OF VESSELS CAPTURED BY THE CONFEDERATE NAVY. NEW YORK: BENJAMIN W. HITCHCOCK, 14 CHAMBERS S T R !•: E T 18G8. CHKONOLOGY. 1860. mington, Del., in honor of Major Anderson Nov. 8. Tlic flection of Abraliam Lin- and liis men. coln iiiul IlaiiuilKil Ilamliri, as President 29. John B.Floyd resigned his position anil Viec I're.siileiit of the United States, as Secretar}^ of War. was aiinonnci'd at \\'ashington. 30. South Carolina troops took posses- 9-11. James ('liesnut, Jr., and James 11. sion of the U.S. Arsenal at Charleston, con- Hammond, U. S. Senators from South Car- taining numy thousand stand of arms and olina, resii^ned their seals in the Senate. valuable military stores. Dec. 3. Tlie Second Session of the 36th 18G1. Conj^'ress opened at Washington. Jan. 2. Gov. Ellis, of North Carolina, 10. U. S. Ilonse of Representatives ap- dispatched troops to seize Fort Macon, the pointed a Committee of 33 on the State of forts at Wilmington, and the U.S. Arsenal the Union. at Fayette vi lie. 10. Howell Cobb, of Geor<;-ia, Secretary 3. Fort Pulaski, at Savannah, Ga., taken of the U, S. Treasurj', resigned his oflice. possession of by Georgia troops, by order Jolin A. Dix, of N^ew York, was appointed of the Governor. his successor. 3. South Carolina Commissioners left 14. Lewis Cass, of Michigan, Secretary Washington for Charleston, the President of State, resigned. declining to receive any official comnjuni- 17. Meeting of the South Carolina Stat« cation from them. Convention at Columbus, and adjournment 4. United States Arsenal at lilobile seized to Charleston. by secessionists. No defence. 20. The South Carolina " Ordinance of 4. Fast day, by prcjclanuition of Presi- Secession " passed. dent Buchanan, 23. Discovery of a large embezzlement 4. Fort Morgan, at the entrance of Mo- of the Indian Trust Funds, in charge of bile Bay, taken and garrisoned by 200 Al. Jacob Thompson. Secretary of the Depart- abama troops. ment of the interior. 5. Steamship Star of the West sailed 24. Resignation of the South Carolina from New York with troops and provisions Representatives in Congress. for Fort Sumter. 25. Intervention of citizens of Pitts- 7. Meeting of Alabama State Conven- burg'u, PiX., to prevent the removal to the tion. Soutii of ordmince in Alleghany Arsenal. 7. Meeting of Mississippi State Conven- 26. Major Anderson removed his com- tion. mand from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter. 7. Meeting of Virginia Legislature. 26. Messrs. Barnwell, Orr, and Adams, 7. Meeting of Tennessee Legislature. Conmiissioners appointed by South Caro- 8. Jacob Thompson resigned his place in lina to treat with the Federal Goverimient, the Cabinet, as Secretary of the Interior. arrived at Washington. 8. Unite(l States sub-Treasury at Char- 27. Ca])tain N. L. Coste, U.S.R. service, leston seized. in command of the cutter William Aiken, 9. Mississippi Ordinance of Secession betrayed his vessel into the hands of the passed. State authorities of Soutli Carolina. 9. Steamship Star of the West, with 28. The i)almetto flag was raised over supplies for Fort Sumter, tired into from the custom-Iiouse and post-office in Charles- Moriis' Island and Fort Moultrie, ;ind driv- ton, S. C, and Castle Pinckney and Fort en from Charleston harbor. Moidtrie were occupied by the South Car- 11. Louisiana State tri^ps, under Cap- olina military. tain Bradford, took possession of the U.S. 28. Enthusiastic Union meeting at Mem- marine hospital, two miles below New Or- phis, Tenn. leans, and ordered the removal of the pa 28. Twenty-one guns were fired at Wil- tients, 216 in number. THE AVAR FOE THE UNION. Feb. 18G1. Jan. 11. Florida Convention adopted an with 9,000 stand ot arms and 40 cannon, Ordinance of Secession l)j' a vote of 02 to 7. Ac, was surrendered to State authorities. 11. Alabama Convention adopted an Or- 13. The election of Lincoln and Hamlin, dinance of Secession bj- a vote of 61 to 39. as President and Y. President of the U. S., 11. Abolition meeting at Rochester, N. formally declared in the Senate by John C. Y., broken up by a mob. Breckinridge. Y. President. 1 2. Senator Seward's great Union speech 18. Jefferson Davis inaugurated as Pres- in the U.S. Senate. ident of the Southern Confederacy. 12. Fort Barrancas and the Navy Yard 22. John Ross, principal Cherokee Chief, at Pensacola, Fla., seized by rebel troops. rejected a proposition of Gov. H. M. Rec- 15. Col. Ilayne, Commissioner from tor, of Ark., to entice his nation to take South Carolina to Washington, demanded part m the rebellion. the withdrawal of the garrison of Fort 23. Hon. Abraham Lincoln, President Sumter. elect, arrived in Washington. 15. U. S. coast survey schooner Dana 23. U. S. property to a great amount, seized b\- Florida State authorities. together with the various armj' posts in 18. Massachusetts Legislature unani- Texas, surrendered to the rebels by Gene- mously tendered to the President of the U.S. ral Twiggs. Property valued at $1,500,000, such aid in men and money as he might re- besides buildings. quest to maintain the authority of the gen- 27. Peace Convention, at Washington, eral government. submitted to the Senate a ])lan of adjust- 19. Convention of Georgia adopted a se- ment «f the national difficulties, involving cession ordinance bj' a vote of 208 to 89. seven amendments to the Constitution. 21. Jefferson Davis, of Mississippi, with- March 1. General Twiggs expelled drew from U.S. Senate. from the army of the United States. 24. U. S. arsenal at Augusta, Ga., sur- 2. Revenue cutter Dodge seized in Gal- rendered to the State authorities. veston Bay by Texas authorities. 26. Louisiana Convention passed an or- 4. Abraham Lincoln inaiigm-atcd 16th dinance of secession by a vote of 113 to 1*7. President of the U. S., at Washington. The popular vote afterwards taken was 4. A State Convention declared Texas 20,448 for; 17,296 against. out of the Union. 29. L'. S. revenue cutter Robert McClel- 5. Gen. P. T. Beauregard took command land, Captain Breshwood, surrendered to of the forces investing Fort Sumter, S. C. State of Louisiana. 6. Fort Brown, Texas, surrendered to 29. Secretary Dix's dispatch to Hemphill State troops. Jones at New Orleans, " If any one attempts 18. Suj)plies cut off from Fort Pickens to haul down the American flag, shoot hiiii and the i'ederal fleet in the Gulf of Mexico, on the spot." by rebel authorities at Pensacola. 31. South Carolina authorities offered to 20. Sloop Isabel, at Pensacola, with pro- buy Fort Sumter. vision for the P'ederal fleet, was seized by 31. U. S. branch mint and custom-house the rebels. at New Orleans seized by State authorities. 21. Great speech of A. II. Stephens, V. Feb. 1. Texas Convention at Galveston President of the Southern Confederacy, at passed an ordinance of secession, to be Savannah, Ga. voted on by the peojile on the 23d of Feb- 30. Mississippi State Convention ratified ruary, and to take elfeet March 2. the Constitution of the C. S.,' by a vote of 1. U. S. I'evenue cutter Lewis Cass, Capt. 78 to 7. Morrison, surrendered to the State of Lou- April 3. South Carolina Convention isiana. ratified the Constitution of the C. S. by a 4. A convention of delegates from the se- vote of 114 to 16. ceded States cn-ganized at Montgomery', Al- 10. Militia organized in District of Col- capital. abama ; Howell Cobb, President, J. F. umbia for defence of the Hooper, Secretary. 11. Steamship Coatzacoalcos arrived in N. 6. Peace Convention at "Washington or- York, bringing Federal troops from Texas. Commissioners left ganized ; John Tyler, of Va., Chairman, J. 11. Confederate States C. Wright, of Ohio, Secretary. Washington. 8. Congress at Montgomery adopted a 12. Attack on Fort Sumter. Constitution for a provisional government, 12. Reinforcement of Fort Pickens. to go into immediate operation ; Jefferson 14. Evacuation of Fort Sumter. Davis, President, Alex. H. Stephens, Vice 15. Seventeen vessels from Southern President. ports, without U. S. clearances, were seized 8 U. S. arsenal at Little Rock, Ark., at New York and fined $100 each. 2 April, 18GI. CHUOXOLOGY. 15. President's proclamiition, calling for K)lte. N. C, seized by order of the Gover- VS.UOO volunteers to suppress insurrection, nor of that State. iuul also calling an extra session of U. S. 21. Philadelphia and Baltimore railway CcngrciS on July i. taken possession of by U.S. government. 10. The government of the Southern Con- 21. The N. Y. fith. Pith, and 71st, and federacy called for 32,UO0 men. one K. 1. and one Mass. regiment, with a 1(). New York Legislatui'e appropriated battery, left New York on transports for ^.'J,UO(i,(MHt lor war purposes. the Chesapeake. 1(). At New York, I'liiladelphia, Trenton 21. Fourth Mass. regiment arrived at and otiicr j>la'es, journals were eoiiipelled Fort res* Monroe. to display the American Hag. 21. Andrew Johnson, U. S. Senator from 17. State Convention of Va., in secret Tennessee, mobbed at Lynchburg. Va. session, passed an ordinance of secession. 22. U. S. arsenal at Fayetteville, N. C, 18. 500 voluntcei-s from I'entisylvania, containing 37,000 stand of arms, 3,000 kegs and 300 regulars, arri\ed at AVashington.