3. South Carolina Commissioners left Washington for Charleston, the President declining to receive any official communication from them.
4. United States Arsenal at Mobile seized by secessionists. No defence.
4. Fast day, by proclamation of President Buchanan.
4. Fort Morgan, at the entrance of Mobile Bay, taken and garrisoned by 200 Alabama troops.
5. Steamship Star of the West sailed from New York with troops and provisions for Fort Sumter.
7. Meeting of Alabama State Convention.
7. Meeting of Mississippi State Convention.
7. Meeting of Virginia Legislature.
7. Meeting of Tennessee Legislature.
8. Jacob Thompson resigned his place in the Cabinet, as Secretary of the Interior.