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Friday, January 18, 1861

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Army Events:

			Operation:	Charleston Harbor, SC	December 20, 1860 - April 14, 1861
			Operation:	Fort Humboldt, CA	January 16 - May 18, 1861
			Garrisoned:	Fort Jefferson, FL	January 18, 1861

(Source: Compendium of the War of the Rebellion Vol. I, p. 660-991. Frederick H. Dyer.)

Naval Events:

Confederates seized U.S. lighthouse tender Alert at Mobile, Alabama.

(Source: Civil War Naval Chronology 1861-1865. pp. I:1-41; II:1-117; III:1-170; IV:1-152; V:1-134. 1971: Naval History Division, Navy Department.)

Additional Information:

Georgia adopts resolutions declaring it the State's right and duty to secede: yeas 165, neas 130.

Florida appoints delegates to Southern Congress at Montgomery, Alabama.

Virginia appropriates $1,000,000 for the defence of the State.

U. S. Postmaster General Joseph Holt resigns as Postmaster General, and is appointed U. S. Secretary of War.

(Source: The Political History of the United States of America During the Great Rebellion 1860-1865. p. 2-47. Edward McPherson.)