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Saturday, December 29, 1860

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Army Events:

Operation:

Charleston Harbor, SC

December 20, 1860 - April 14, 1861

(Source: Frederick H. Dyer, A Compendium of the War of the Rebellion, (Dayton: Broadfoot Publishing Co., 1994), 2 vols.)

Additional Information:

U. S. Secretary of War John B. Floyd, from Virginia, resigns because, after the transfer of Major Robert Anderson's command from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter, U. S. President Buchanan declined "to withdraw the garrison from the harbor of Charleston altogether."

President Buchanan had requested John B. Floyd's resignation on December 23 after Floyd proposed the removal of Federal troops from Charleston, South Carolina.

(Source: Edward McPherson, The Political History Of The United States Of America During The Great Rebellion 1860-1865, of Studies In American History And Government, gen. ed. Leonard W. Levy, (New York: Da Capo Press, 1972), pp. 2-47.; Henry E. Simmons, ed., A Concise Encyclopedia of the Civil War, ( New York: Bonanza Books, 1965) , pp. 13-201; Joe Kirchberger, The Civil War and Reconstruction: An Eyewitness History (New York: Facts On File, Inc., 1991), pp. 21-25; 44-47; 69-72; 88-95; 143-145; 162-170; 195-216; 255-259.)