Fayetteville observer. [volume] (Fayetteville, Tenn.) 1850-1966, 1861-07-18
Gurrfnt Gopifs.
RECORD OF THE WAR.
MILITARY OPERATIONS OF THE pREsEs

MILITARY OPERATIONS OF THE present
REvoLUTTON.s
CommcnGag aiM Tie 26h of Deem
Der, 1860 (the date of Ike secrssior
Of South Caroltnp) aud ending
he 26sh Qf Jane, 1861.
Dec, rs, 1860. Sudden evacua.
fioo Of For. Moulfrie by Gen. An.
d-lson, q S. A. He spikes the gus
buus The gun carriages, and retired
10 fort Sdmpter, wkich be occupies
Dee. q. Capture of fort Moul
irie and Castle Piuckney by the
South Carolina 're,rs, CfPiaiu
Coste surrendtrs the revenue cutter
Aiken.
Jan. 5, 1861. Capture of fort
Pulaski by the Savannah troops.
J,n.3 The Arsenal at Nlount
Vernon, Alabama, With 10000
stands of arms, seized BY the al,
bama Troops.
Jan. 4. Fort Morgan, ia Mobile
Bay, taken by the Alabama troops.
Jan. 8 The steamship Star OF
be West fred into aud driven of
by the South Carolina batteries on
Morris Island. Failure of the at
temptto feinforce fort Sumpter.
Jan. 10. Forts Jackson, ST. Phil
lips and Pike. near Nrw Orleans
captured by the Louisiana troops.
Jan Is. Capture Of the Pensa-
cola navy yard aud forts B .rrancas
and McRes, by troops from Florida
Alabama. and Laui>iana. M$js1
Chase shortly after. takes command
aud tie seige of fort Pickers com
mences.
Jsp. Is. Surrender Of The Batol
Rouge .rse nal to the Louisian'
troops.
Jan 81. The New Orleans Min
and Custom House taken.
F,b. 2. Seizure Of the Little
r ,ck arsenal by the Arkansas troeps
Feb. 4, Surrender Of the reve
nue. cutter Css TO the authorltie'
Of Alabama.
/ Feb l6. Gen. Twigcs Transfers
the public property in Texas TO ih'
State authoraies. Col Waite, o. S
A, surrenders SIN Antonio TO Col
Ben MuCul.och and his Texas Ran
g,rs.
Feb. l5. Inauguration Of Prcsi
dent Davis at Montgomery, Ala.
March 2. The revenue cutie
Dodge, s,ized by the II xas author
!, ilis.
March 5. Gen, Beaur. gard as
,umes command Of the troops be
seigibg fort Sumpter.
| Mach II Fort Brown, in Tex
as, surrendered by CaptAin Hill +
The Texas com missioners.
April u, Is Battle of For
Sumpler. After thirty-four hour
| bombardment the fort stitenders I
| the Confederate States.
! April IA. Evacuation OF loI
Sumpter By Major Andersen an
his command.
April Ia Abraham Lincoln, pref
ident of The United States, issues
proclamation, calling for rs 000 80
unteers to put down the '"souther
rebellion"
| April Is. Col, Reeve, U. S. A
-urrenders fort Bliss, near EI Pas
Ifo Col. J. w. McGnffin, the Tex'
Commissioner,
April l6. Saiznre Of North Ca
! olioa forts and the Fayetteville a
.enal by the State troops.
April Is. Capture Of the steam
ship Star of the West, by Col. Va
Doru, G. S. A.
April 10. The Baltimore mass
ere. The citiz4ns Of Baltimore q
tack with missels the uor:hern tro'l
passing through their city en- roa
tor the South. The Mass2chusst
regiment fires on the people, az
many are killed. Two OF t0e Sc
! liers are also shot. treat exe'' ~
ment follows, aud the Maryland pc
,le proceed TO burn the ralilo' o.
lbIiases and tear ua the tracks:
April 2e.-Capture OF the feus o'
Il army at Indianola, Texas,
ICol Van Dorm. Confederate o,a'
. army. The Federal officers reles
cd on parole.
, April 90 Attempted destruction
H ru, N.yv yar1 5y she Fedl