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Wednesday, January 30, 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

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

Naval Events:

U.S. Revenue Schooner Lewis Cass, under Captain John J. Morrison, USRM, was surrendered at Mobile to State authorities.

(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:

North Carolina Legislature passes Convention Bill, the election to take place on February 28. The Legislature concludes that no Secession Ordinance will be valid without being ratified by a majority of the qualified voters of the State.

Tennessee appoints Commissioners to Washington, D. C.

Virginia House of Delegates tables the resolutions of the Pennsylvania State Legislature, but referred those of the Tennessee Legislature to the Committee on Federal Relations.

Maryland Senate President, John B. Brooke, and Maryland House Speaker, E. G. Kilbourn, ask Maryland Governor Thomas H. Hicks to convene the Legislature in response to public meetings.

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