–The order for the removal of guns from the Allegheny arsenal to southern forts is revoked by the War Department, under a decision of the Cabinet. –Fort Pulaski, at Savannah, Ga., is taken possession of by State troops, by order of the Governor. –A book is opened in New York city, for the enrolment of [...]

(Private.) New York, Jan. 3, 1861. My Dear Sir,–I have been so pressed with outside business during the last ten days (trying to save the Union) that I have been unable to write to you. The first time we began to breathe freely was when Mr. Holt took Governor Floyd’s place in the War Department. [...]

Governor Hicks, on the 3d of January, issued an address to the people of Maryland, in which he said:I have been repeatedly warned by persons having the opportunity to know, and who are entitled to the highest confidence, that the secession leaders in Washington have resolved that the Border States, and especially Maryland, shall be [...]

ORDNANCE OFFICE, Washington, D.C., January 3, 1861. Hon. J. HOLT,   Secretary of War: SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the reference to this office of a letter from the honorables Messrs. Yulee and Mallory, of the Senate, dated 2d instant, and, in compliance with their request, to report that there is only one [...]

WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, January 3, 1861. Hon. DAVID CLOPTON, House of Representatives: SIR : I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 15th ultimo, asking for the plat and plan of the magazines at Mount Vernon Arsenal, Alabama. In reply, I have to say that I would cheerfully comply with [...]

. CHARLESTON, S. C., January 1, 1861. What disposition shall I make of the detachment under my command? We are very unpleasantly situated here. F. C. HUMPHREYS, U. S. Army. Capt. WM. MAYNADIER, Charge of Ordnance Bureau. _________ ORDNANCE OFFICE, January 2, 1861. F. C. HUMPHREYS U. S. Arsenal, Charleston, S.C.: I want a report [...]

SAVANNAH, January 3, 1861 By direction of Captain Whiting, now on duty at Fort Clinch, I have to report that State troops left this morning for Fort Pulaski by order of Governor Brown. HERMANN HIRSCH, Clerk. Col R. E. DE RUSSY, Commanding Corps of Engineers.

January 3, 1861, The New York Herald Mr. Buchanan’s administration is coming out of this fiery ordeal of revolution as fine gold from the furnace. His reply to the South Carolina Commissioners, as indicated in our Washington despatches, brings him forward in full relief as the man who rightly comprehends his position, his responsibilities and [...]

January 3, 1861, The Charleston Mercury In the military enthusiasm now pervading our city, it is difficult to keep young men who have responsible posts of business, in which the public are concerned, at their work. The rage for volunteering or active service is so great, that we, in the MERCURY office, have had the [...]

January 3, 1861, The Charleston Mercury Every effort of the General Government to avert its dissolution, only hastens on its fate. Major ANDERSON abandons Fort Moultrie and garrisons Fort Sumter. The President approves and the Northern press praises the achievement. The New York EVENING POST even declares that this step to coercion raises the price [...]

January 3, 1861, The Charleston Mercury We learn that 150 able bodied free colored men, of Charleston, yesterday offered their services gratuitously to the Governor, to hasten forward the important work of throwing up redoubts wherever needed along our coast.

January 3, 1861 Georgia militia under the command of Francis “Frank” Bartow seize Fort Pulaski, at the mouth of the Savannah River, from a single federal soldier and a contractor. The image is of Fort Pulaski. (Newspaper Illustration Harper’s Weekly Newspaper, December 28, 1861 p. 829.)

January 3rd, 1861.—I would not write this morning because I wanted to put down in my diary the first news of the convention. Tonight father has told me what they did; it was simply to organize and then they adjourned. Some of the delegates had not arrived and this will give them the opportunity to [...]