Under orders from Commander-in-Chief Francis W Pickens, the Militia of South Carolina seizes the united States arsenal in Charleston.  This completes the recovery of all military assets in the environs of Charleston Harbor—except Fort Sumter.

       [restored 3/11/2022]

Subsequent Events:

12/31/1860                   1/3/1861                  1/9/1861

Authority:

South Carolina Constitution of 1790, Article II, Section 6
https://www.carolana.com/SC/Documents/sc_constitution_1790.html

References:

Calvin D. Linton, ed. The Bicentennial Almanac: 200 Years of America, 1776-1976, (Nashville, Tennessee: Thomas Nelson, 1975), 151.

Current U.s. National Debt:

$36,161,621,015,445

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