MOTTLE, ALA., January 19, 1861. SIR: I have to state that Fort Gaines was formally taken possession of in name of the State of Alabama yesterday. I was about to send all the hands off on a steamer chartered for the purpose; some provisions, &c., were also to [be] taken to Mobile and sold. Colonel [...]
WASHINGTON, January 19, 1861. Gov. A. B. MOORE, Montgomery, Ala.: Telegraph not to attack Fort Pickens. Florida Senators and friends think it unwise. C. C. CLAY, JR. BEN. FITZPATRICK.
January 19, 1861 Following two days of debate and a day of hammering out the wording of the secession document, Georgia votes to leave the Union. Virginia calls for a peace conference Tennessee votes to hold a secessionist election Georgia secedes from the Union. Image: One of the Ten Flank Casemate Batteries at Fort Pickens, [...]