474

CHAPTER V

THE SECESSION OF NORTH CAROLINA

January 9-May 20, 1861

SUMMARY 0F THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS.

January 9, 1861.—Fort Johnston seized by citizens of Smithville, N. C.

           10, 1861.—Fort Caswell seized by citizens of Smithville and Wilmington, N.C.

April 15, 1861.—Governor of North Carolina refuses to furnish quota of militia to the United States.

                        —Fort Macon seized by State troops.

         16, 1861.—Forts Caswell and Johnston seized by State troops.

         22, 1861.—United States Arsenal at Fayetteville seized by State troops.

May 20, 1861.—Ordinance of secession adopted.

REPORTS.

No. 1.  —  Ordnance Sergeant James Reilly, U. S. Army, of the first seizure of Fort

Johnston.

No. 2.  —  Ordnance Sergeant F. Dardingkiller, U. S. Army, of the first seizure of Fort

Caswell.

No. 3.  —  Extract from annual report of Capt. John G. Foster, U. S. Engineers, of the

seizure of Fort Macon.

No. 4.  —  Capt. John G. Foster, U. S. Engineers, of the second seizure of Forts Caswell

and Johnston.

No. 5.  —  Bvt. Maj. S. S. Anderson, Second U. S. Artillery, of the seizure of Fayetteville

Arsenal.

No. 6.  —  Lieut. J. A. De Lagnel, Second U. S. Artillery, of the seizure of Fayetteville

Arsenal.

Series I: Contains the formal reports, both Union and Confederate, of the first seizures of United States property in the Southern States, and of all military operations in the field, with the correspondence, orders, and returns relating specially thereto, and, as proposed is to be accompanied by an Atlas. In this series the reports will be arranged according to the campaigns and several theaters of operations (in the chronological order of the events), and the Union reports of any event will, as a rule, be immediately followed by the Confederate accounts. The correspondence, etc., not embraced in the "reports" proper will follow (first Union and next Confederate) in chronological order.