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Civil War Battles

Volume 1, Chapter 4 - Operations in Florida

Jan 6, 1861 - United States Arsenal at Apalachicola seized by State troops
Jan 7, 1861 - Fort Marion, saint Augustine, seized by State troops
Jan 10, 1861 - Ordinance of secession adopted.
Jan 10, 1861 - US troops transferred from Barraneas Barracks to Fort Pickens, Pensacola Harbor
Jan 12, 1861 - Barrancas Barracks, Forts Barrancas and McRee, and the navy-yard, Pensacola, seized by state troops. Surrender of Fort Pickens demanded
Jan 14, 1861 - Fort Taylor, Key West, garrisoned by United States troops
Jan 15, 1861 - Second demand for surrender of Fort Pickens
Jan 18, 1861 - Fort Jefferson, Tortugas, garrisoned by United States troops.
Jan 18, 1861 - Third demand for surrender of Fort Pickens
Jan 24, 1861 - Re-enforcements for Fort Pickens sail from Fort Monroe, VA
Feb 6, 1861 - US Steamer Brooklyn arrives off Pensacola with re-enforcements for Fort Pickens
Mar 11, 1861 - Brig Gen Braxton Bragg, CS Army, assumes command of Confederate forces
Mar 21, 1861 - Seizure of the sloop Isabella
Apr 7, 1861 - Re-enforcements for Fort Pickens sail from New York
Apr 12, 1861 - Re-enforcements from Fort Monroe, and detachment of marines,landed at Fort Pickens
Apr 13, 1861 - Bvt Col Harvey Brown, 2nd US Artillery, assumes command of the Department of Florida
Apr 17, 1861 - The Alvarado burned off Fernandina, by the US steamer Vincennes