” 27—A steamer at Cairo, loaded with military stores for the South, seized.
Blockade extended to ports of Virginia and North Carolina.
” 29—The Maryland House of Delegates votes against secession, 63 to 13.
Governors Harris of Tennessee and Moore of Louisiana seize government property.
May 1—The Legislature of N. C. and Tenn. prepare for formal secession.
” 3—President Lincoln calls for 82,714 additional troops.
Fourteen companies of Kentucky troops offer themselves to the government, though the Governor had refused a levy.
” 4—Gen. McClellan takes command of the department of the Ohio.
” 6—Virginia admitted into the Confederacy. Tennessee and Arkansas pass Ordinances of Secession.
” 10—A rebel force in St. Louis surrenders to Capt. Lyon.