” 28—Territorial Government organized in Colorado.
Mar. 1—Gen. Twiggs expelled from the army. Peace Congress adjourned.
” 2—Territorial government organized in Dacotah and Nevada.
” ”—Revenue cutter Dodge surrendered to the South, at Galveston, Texas.
” 4—Abraham Lincoln inaugurated 14th regular President of the United States.
” ”—The people of Texas having voted for the Secession Ordinance by 40,000 majority, the Convention declared the State out of the Union.
” 5—Gen. Beauregard takes command of Southern forces, at Charleston.
” 6—Ft. Brown, on the Rio Grande, surrenders to Confederate troops. Federal troops evacuated the fort and sailed for Key West, Florida.
” ”—Confederate Senate confirm nominations of President Davis to his Cabinet, viz.: R. Toombs, of Geo., Sec. of State; C. S. Memminger, of South Carolina, Sec. of Treasury; L. P. Walker, of Ala., Sec. of War; S. R. Mallory, of Fla., Sec. of Navy; J. H. Reagan, of Texas, Postmaster Gen.; J. P. Benjamin, of La., Attorney General.
” 11—The Constitution of Confederate States adopted in convention at Montgomery, Ala.; afterwards ratified by the several States.