Seizure of Fort Pulaski, GA - Civil War Battles from the Official Records

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Seizure of Fort Pulaski, GA by State Troops
in the American Civil War
January 3, 1861

Online Books:
Official Records, Union Reports (Pages 318-319)
The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, by the United States War Department, 1880

Union Battle Summary

Fort Pulaski, Ga., Jan. 3, 1861. There was no engagement at Fort Pulaski on this date, the stronghold being seized by Georgia state troops under command of Col. A.R. Lawton, by order of Gov. Brown, in anticipation of the early secession of the state.

Source: The Union Army, Volume 5, Cyclopedia of Battles, 1908

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