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Author Dayton Pryor lists fifty-six forts, arsenals and ships that were seized by the first states that seceded, all occurring before Lincoln was inaugurated.
<Dayton Pryor, The Beginning and the End: The Civil War Story of Federal Surrenders Before Fort Sumter and Confederate Surrenders After Appomattox. (Berwyn Heights, MD: Heritage Books, 2002).
This list has been posted in a number of threads. However, thus far we have not discussed the incidents in any detail.
That first event occurred on December 27, 1860, when South Carolina secessionists seized the U. S. revenue cutter William Aiken, commanded by Captain N. L. Coste.
In this thread, let's discuss the facts surrounding this earliest incident, how it was justified by those involved, public reaction, and the reaction of both state and Federal government officials and the Buchanan Administration.
<Dayton Pryor, The Beginning and the End: The Civil War Story of Federal Surrenders Before Fort Sumter and Confederate Surrenders After Appomattox. (Berwyn Heights, MD: Heritage Books, 2002).
This list has been posted in a number of threads. However, thus far we have not discussed the incidents in any detail.
That first event occurred on December 27, 1860, when South Carolina secessionists seized the U. S. revenue cutter William Aiken, commanded by Captain N. L. Coste.
In this thread, let's discuss the facts surrounding this earliest incident, how it was justified by those involved, public reaction, and the reaction of both state and Federal government officials and the Buchanan Administration.
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