Following the American Civil War Sesquicentennial with day by day writings of the time, currently 1863.

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A Diary of American Events – February 8, 1861

February 8, 2011

The American Civil War,The Rebellion Record—A Diary of American Events; by Frank Moore

—The Congress at Montgomery this evening unanimously agreed to a constitution and provisional government. They will go into immediate operation.—(Doc. 33.)—No propositions for compromise or reconstruction. After the vote on the constitution was taken, Jefferson Davis was elected President, and Alexander H. Stevens Vice-President of the Southern Confederacy, by the Congress.—(Doc. 34.)—Commercial Advertiser.

—Brigs W. R. Kibby and Golden Lead; barks Adjuster and C. Colden Murray; and schooner Julia A. Hallock, all owned in New York, were seized in the harbor of Savannah, by order of the Governor of Georgia, in reprisal for the seizure, in New York, of arms consigned to Georgia.—Baltimore American.

—The Little Rock arsenal, Arkansas, with 9,000 stands of arms, 40 cannon, and a large amount of ammunition, was surrendered to the State of Arkansas.—N. Y. Times, Feb. 11.

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