Tuesday, November 24, 2020

Resolution in Relation to the Occupation of Forts Sumter and Pickens, February 15, 1861

Resolved by the Confederate States of America in Congress assembled, That it is the sense of this Congress that immediate steps should be taken to obtain possession of Forts Sumter and Pickens, by the authority of this Government, either by negotiations or force, as early as practicable, and that the President is hereby authorized to make all necessary military preparations for carrying this resolution into effect.*

Passed February 15, 1861.
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* Communicated to Governor of South Carolina under date of February 22, but letter of transmittal not found.  See Governor Pickens’ Letter of February 27, 1861, p. 258

SOURCES: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1 (Serial No. 1), p. 258; Don Carlos Seitz, Braxton Bragg, General of the Confederacy, p. 29

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