6. Virginia admitted into the Southern Confederacy in secret session of Confederate Congress.
6. Police Commissioners of St. Louis, Mo., demanded of Capt. Lyon the removal of U. S. troops from all places and buildings occupied by them in that city outside the Arsenal grounds.
6. City military of Baltimore disbanded by order of Major Trimble, commander.
6. Confederate States Congress recognized war with United States, and authorized issue of letters of marque and reprisal.
6. Legislature of Arkansas passed an unconditional ordinance of secession, 69 to 1.
7. Major Anderson, with consent of Sec. of War, accepted command of Kentucky state military.
7. Serious riot at Knoxville, Tenn., caused by hoisting a Union flag.
7. League between Tennessee authorities and Confederate States.
7. The late U. S. garrison of Fort Davis, Texas, consisting of 11 officers and 300 men, made prisoners of war by a force of 1,800 rebels near Eastonville. They all refused to enlist in the rebel army.
9. U. S. troops landed at Locust Point, in Baltimore, and were conveyed by the Balt. and Ohio branch railroad through the city.