West Florida During the Civil War
Chronology
Contributed by Laura Lee Scott
1860
4 Nov -- Abraham Lincoln elected the 16th president of the United
States.
26 Nov -- Governor Madison Starke Perry, from Alachua County, assembled
the legislature into special session, four days later he
20 Dec -- South Carolina secedes from the Union in protest that its
"states rights" had been violated.
1861
6 Jan -- Governor Madison Perry authorizes the forming of a company in
Quincy (Quincy Guards) to seize U.S. Arsenal at Chattahoochee.
8 Jan -- An Ordinance of Secession is introduced before the State
Secession Convention at Tallahassee. Colonel William Chase is
Lt. Adam J. Slemmer, USA, posts guards at Fort Barrancas.
At 11:00 pm., 1st shots of the war were fired at Fort
Barrancas.
10 Jan -- After a seven-day session Flordia, the Ordinance of Secession
was adopted by a vote of sixty-two to seven. Florida becomes
"a sovereign and independent nation."
Lt. Slemmer evacuates Fort Barrancas and moves to unoccupied
Fort Pickens.
12 Jan -- Alabama secedes from the Union.
Commander James Armstrong, USN, surrenders the Navy Yard
to Florida and Alabama state troops.
21 Jan -- Senators David L. Yulee and Steven R. Mallory make their
farewell speeches to the U.S. Senate.
4 Feb -- Delegates from 6 seceded states; South Carolina, Georgia,
Florida, Alabama, Mississippi and Louisiana met in Montgomery,
Alabama.
26 Feb -- Florida Convention approves Provisional Constitution of the
Confederate States.
4 Mar -- Lincoln becomes President of the United States.
1861
9 Mar -- Confederate secretary of war announced that at least 5,000
would be needed to guard Pensacola.
11 Mar -- Brigadier General Braxton Bragg assumes command of the
Confederate troops at Pensacola.
29 Mar -- Lincoln's cabinet votes to hold Fort Pickens.
12 Apr -- Fort Sumter occupied by the Federals is fired on by Southern
guns.
19 Apr -- Bragg declares martial law in the Pensacola area.
3 May -- Alabama & Florida Railroad is completed between Pensacola
and Montgomery, Alabama.
11 Nov -- Mobile & Great Northern Railroad is competed between Pollard
and Tensas Station, connects with Alabama & Florida Railroad
at Poll.
22/23 Nov -- Federal bombardment of Confederate position at Fort
Barrancas, much of Warrington and Woolsey is burned.
1862
Feb -- Early Pensacola & Mobile Railroad & Manufacturing Company
completes trackage between Muscogee and 15-Mile Station
(Cantonment), Florida.
10 May -- Acting Mayor, Dr. John Brosnaham surrenders Pensacola to
Lt. Richard Jackson, USA. Federal troops occupy Pensacola.
June -- Pensacola City government-in-exile meets officially in
Greenville, Butler County, Alabama till end of the war.
1863
17 Feb -- Federals scout from Pensacola to Oakfield.
14/15 June -- Federal patrol from Pensacola to Milton
1864
1 Apr -- Barrancas Command finishes move to Blakely and there is a
skirmish at Bluff Springs or Canoe Creek.
20 May -- Florida is formally surrendered to Federal forces by Acting
Governor A. K. Allison.
1865-1868
Military Reconstruction
1868
25 Jun -- Florida is readmitted to the Union.
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