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Civil War - 1861
| January 1, 1861 |
Georgia votes against holding a secession convention, but the results are manipulated by Governor Joseph Brown to indicate that the state strongly supported the convention.
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Joseph Emerson Brown |
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Herschel V. Johnson |
| January 19, 1861 |
Georgia votes to secede from the Union at a convention held in Milledgeville, Georgia. |
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Robert Toombs |
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Milledgeville |
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Slavery in Georgia |
| January 25, 1861 |
The federal arsenal in Augusta is taken by the Georgia Militia
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City of Augusta, Georgia
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| February 4, 1861 |
Georgia joins Florida, Louisiana, Alabama, Mississippi, and South Carolina, becoming a member of the Provisional Congress of the Confederate States of America. Georgian Howell Cobb is named president of the assembly.
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Robert Toombs |
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Howell Cobb |
| July 21, 1861 |
First Manasas (Battle of Bull Run)
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Civil War - 1861 |
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John Brown Gordon
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| November 5, 1861 |
General Robert E. Lee placed in charge of Georgia coastal defenses
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Civil War - 1861 |
| November 7, 1861 |
Battle of Port Royal Sound
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Civil War - 1861 |
| November 24, 1861 |
Union forces take Tybee Island
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