23. U. S. property to a great amount, together with the various army posts in Texas, surrendered to the rebels by General Twiggs. Property valued at $1,500,000, besides buildings.
27. Peace Convention, at Washington, submitted to the Senate a plan of adjustment of the national difficulties, involving seven amendments to the Constitution.
March 1. General Twiggs expelled from the army of the United States.
2. Revenue cutter Dodge seized in Galveston Bay by Texas authorities.
4. Abraham Lincoln inaugurated 16th President of the U. S., at Washington.
4. A State Convention declared Texas out of the Union.
5. Gen. P. T. Beauregard took command of the forces investing Fort Sumter, S. C.
6. Fort Brown, Texas, surrendered to State troops.
18. Supplies cut off from Fort Pickens and the Federal fleet in the Gulf of Mexico, by rebel authorities at Pensacola.
20. Sloop Isabel, at Pensacola, with provision for the Federal fleet, was seized by the rebels.