April 30, 1861 New York Yacht Club offers its vessels to the Federal government A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 Legislature of New Jersey convened in extra session; the Governor recommended the appropriation of $2,000,000 for war purposes. Virginia State Convention passed an ordinance establishing the navy of Virginia and authorizing the [...]
April 13, 1861 At 7 A.M. Sumter reopened fire; at 8 the officers’ quarters were fired by a rebel shell; at 10 a chance shot struck down the flag, and at noon most of the wood-work of the fort was burning, and the men rolled out 90 barrels of powder to prevent explosion, and soon [...]
April 12, 1861 Battle of Fort Sumter. The war begins with Confederate forces firing on Fort Sumter, in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina. Beginning at 4:30 am on the 12th and continuing until the morning of the 13th, Confederate batteries along the shore of Charleston Harbor fire on Fort Sumter under the command of [...]
April 10, 1861 Floating battery at Charleston finished and mounted Large numbers of troops sent to the various fortifications. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863
April 9, 1861 U. S. steamers “Illinois” and “Baltic” sailed from New York with sealed orders. President Davis makes a requisition for troops. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863
April 8, 1861 Official notification given that supplies would be sent to Fort Sumter by force if necessary. State department declined to recognize the C. S. commissioners. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863
April 5, 1861 South Carolina State Convention ratified the Constitution of the Confederate States (146 v. 16, 10 absent). A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863
April 3, 1861 A “test vote” in the Virginia convention shows a 2-1 margin against secession (Union) Long cabinet meeting on the Fort Sumter business–great activity in the navy department.1 Rebel battery on Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, fired into a schooner.1 A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New [...]
April 1, 1861 – U. S. Tariff Act went into operation.1 A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863