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January 10—Confederate forces seize the US arsenal and barracks at Baton Rouge
January 10—Confederate forces seize Fort Jackson and Fort Saint Phillip
January 14—Confederate forces seize Fort Pike
January 26—Louisiana passes its Ordinance of Secession
January 28—Confederates seize Fort Macomb
January 28—Confederates seize US property at New Orleans

February 19—Confederate forces seize the United States Army paymaster’s office at New Orleans

October 12—Affair at the mouth of the Southwest Pass



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