Georgia governor Joseph Brown, a Baptist, takes immediate action in light of the state’s vote to hold a secession convention. Sending 134 volunteer Savannah militiamen, under the command of Colonel A. R. Lawton (later, a brigadier general in the Confederate Army), Brown seizes control of Fort Pulaski. The bloodless taking of the fort, located on…
Georgia voters, many of whom are Baptists, go to the polls to vote on secession. According to the publicized numbers, the vote for secession is roughly 50,000 in favor, with about 37,000 voting against. Not until the late 20th century would the numbers be examined more closely because of voting abnormalities, and one estimate, now…
New York lawyer Chester A. Arthur is appointed by Gov. Edwin D. Morgan as Engineer-in-Chief of the New York State Militia. The future 21st president of the United States (1881-1885) would serve in political appointments during the Civil War. On April 4, 1862 he was appointed Inspector-General of the New York State Militia, then –…