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Thursday, February 21, 1861

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Army Events:

			Affair:	Brazos Santiago, TX	February 21, 1861
			Abandonment:	Camp Cooper, TX	February 21 1861
			Operation:	Charleston Harbor, SC	December 20, 1860 - April 14, 1861
			Abandonment:	Cooper Camp, TX	February 21, 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:

Jefferson Davis appointed Stephen R. Mallory of Florida Secretary of the Confederate States Navy.

(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:

Three New York ships are seized at Savannah, Georgia, by order of the Georgia Governor.

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