Originally Posted by
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I thought I'd start this thread as a corollary to the "Sharing Federal Property in 1861" thread.(...)
Posted by Union Blue in answer to the above question.
STATE------------------------------------------------------SEIZED
SOUTH CAROLINA
Castle Pickney: US soldiers 1 LT. & 1 Ordnance SGT w/family-December 27
Fort Moultrie: 0 US soldiers due to skedaddle to Ft. Sumter---December 27
Charleston Arsenal: 1 Capt and 14 soldiers-------------------December 31
Fort Johnson: 0 US soldiers----------------------------------January 2
GEORGIA
Fort Pulaski: 1 US Ordnance SGT-----------------------------January 3
Augusta Arsenal: 81 US Soldiers, 1 CAPT & 80 Enlisted Men----January 24
Oglethorpe Barracks: 0, see above---------------------------January 26
Fort Jackson: 1 US Ordnance SGT---------------------------January 26
FLORIDA
Chattahoochee Arsenal: 1 US Ordnance SGT-------------------January 6
Fort Marion: 1 US Ordnance SGT------------------------------January 7
Fort Clinch: 0, unmanned-------------------------------------January 8
Fort McRee: 0, unmanned at time of seizure-------------------January 12
Fort Barrancas: 0, unmanned at time of seizure----------------January 12
Barrancas Barracks: 46 US Soldiers----------------------------January 12
Pensacola Navy Yard:Unknown nr of US Marines & 20 Soldiers--January 12
LOUISIANA
Baton Rouge Arsenal: 81 US Soldiers--------------------------January 10
Batton Rouge Barracks: see above----------------------------January 10
Fort Jackson: 1 US Ordnance SGT-----------------------------January 11
Fort St. Philip: 1 civilian caretaker & dozen slaves--------------January 11
Fort Pike: 0, unmanned---------------------------------------January 14
Naval Hospital: unknown concerning US personnel--------------January 14
Fort Macomb: unknown concerning US personnel---------------January 28
ALABAMA
Mt Vernon Arsenal: 1 US CAPT & 17 US Soldiers----------------January 4
Fort Morgan: 1 US Ordnance SGT------------------------------January 5
Fort Gaines: 1 US Officer & "all hands?"------------------------January 18
MISSISSIPPI
Fort Massachusetts: 1 US Officer-----------------------------January 20
ARKANSAS
Little Rock Arsenal: 1 US Officer & company? of US Artillery-----February 8
Napoleon Ordnance Depot-No information given---------------February 12
TEXAS
San Antonio Arsenal-----------------------------------------February 16
San Antonio Barracks----------------------------------------February 16
Camp Adams------------------------------------------------February 18
Camp Cooper-----------------------------------------------February 21
Brazos Santiago---------------------------------------------February 21
Camp Colorado----------------------------------------------February 26
Fort Chadbourne--------------------------------------------February 28
Fort Belknap------------------------------------------------February ?
Camp Verde----------------------------------------------------March 7
Ringgold Barracks-----------------------------------------------March 7
Fort McIntosh-------------------------------------------------March 12
Camp Wood---------------------------------------------------March 15
Camp Hudson--------------------------------------------------March 17
Fort Inge------------------------------------------------------March 19
Fort Lancaster-------------------------------------------------March 19
Fort Clark-----------------------------------------------------March 19
Fort Duncun---------------------------------------------------March 20
Fort Brown----------------------------------------------------March 20
Fort Bliss------------------------------------------------------March 31
Fort Mason----------------------------------------------------March 31
Fort Quitman---------------------------------------------------April 5
Fort Davis------------------------------------------------------April 13
Fort Stockton---------------------------------------------------April ?
Texas had a total of 2,684 US Troops assigned to the various forts, arsenals, & camps above. There were 102 Officers, 2,343 Enlisted Men, 136 Laundresses, and 103 Servants. 815 US Officers and Soldiers were held as Prisoners of War for two years.
Also taken over during this time were the revenue cutters
William Aiken,
J. C. Dobbin,
Lewis Cass,
Washington and
Henry Dodge, as well as customs houses, post offices, sub-treasuries and mints.
The Beginning And The End: The Civil War Story Of Federal Surrenders Before Fort Sumter And Confederate Surrenders After Appomattox, by Dayton Pryor