21. Great speech of A. H. Stephens, V. President of the Southern Confederacy, at Savannah, Ga.
30. Mississippi State Convention ratified the Constitution of the C. S., by a vote of 78 to 7.
April 3. South Carolina Convention ratified the Constitution of the C. S. by a vote of 114 to 16.
10. Militia organized in District of Columbia for defence of the capital.
11. Steamship Coatzacoalcos arrived in N. York, bringing Federal troops from Texas.
11. Confederate States Commissioners left Washington.
12. Attack on Fort Sumter.
12. Reinforcement of Fort Pickens.
14. Evacuation of Fort Sumter.
15. Seventeen vessels from Southern ports, without U. S. clearances, were seized at New York and fined $100 each.