The Militia of Alabama seizes Forts Morgan and Gaines, which protect the entrance to Mobile Bay. The Militia also seizes the federal arsenal at Mount Vernon.
[restored 3/11/2022]
Commander-in-Chief Buchanan orders the USS Star of the West to resupply Fort Sumter, South Carolina.
NOTE: Buchanan had no reason to do this, other than to exacerbate tensions between the united States and South Carolina governments; nonpartisan (constitutionalist) Governor Francis W. Pickens was allowing food and water into the fort, as long munitions or troops were not brought in.
[restored 1/18/2025]
Subsequent Events:
Authority:
Alabama Constitution of 1819, Article IV, Section 6
avalon.law.yale.edu/19th_century/ala1819.asp
References:
Bruce Catton, The Civil War, (New York: American Heritage, 1960; Boston: Houghton-Mifflin, 1987), 282.
Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 152.
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