26. Messrs. Barnwell, Orr, and Adams, Commissioners appointed by South Carolina to treat with the Federal Government, arrived at Washington.
27. Captain N. L. Coste, U.S.R. service, in command of the cutter William Aiken, betrayed his vessel into the hands of the State authorities of South Carolina.
28. The palmetto flag was raised over the custom house and post-office in Charleston, S. C., and Castle Pinckney and Fort Moultrie were occupied by the South Carolina military.
28. Enthusiastic Union meeting at Memphis, Tenn.
28. Twenty-one guns were fired at Wilmington, Del., in honor of Major Anderson and his men.
29. John B. Floyd resigned his position as Secretary of War.
30. South Carolina troops took possession of the U.S. Arsenal at Charleston, containing many thousand stand of arms and valuable military stores.
1861.
Jan. 2. Gov. Ellis, of North Carolina, dispatched troops to seize Fort Macon, the forts at Wilmington, and the U.S. Arsenal at Fayetteville.
3. Fort Pulaski, at Savannah, Ga., taken possession of by Georgia troops, by order of the Governor.