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Monday, February 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

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

Naval Events:

In his inaugural address as President of the Provisional Government of the Confederate States, Jefferson Davis said: "I . . . suggest that for the protection of our harbors and commerce on the high seas a Navy adapted to those objects will be required . . ."

(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:

Inauguration of Confederate President Jefferson Davis. The Confederate Capital is established in Montgomery, Alabama.

Arkansas elects delegates to the State Convention.

Maryland State Conference Convention meets, and insists upon a meeting of the Maryland Legislature.

At a meeting in Howard County, Maryland, addressed by Speaker of the House of delegates, E. G. Kilbourn, a resolution is adopted that "immediate steps ought to be taken for the establishment of a Southern Confederacy, by consultation and co-operation with such other Southern and Slave Sates as may be ready therefor."

(Source: The Political History of the United States of America During the Great Rebellion 1860-1865. p. 2-47. Edward McPherson; A Concise Encyclopedia of the Civil War, p. 203-221. Henry E. Simmons 1965.)