March

1 Dismissal of General Twiggs from U.S. Army service.

2 Reassembly of the Secession Convention in Austin.

Seizure of U.S. revenU.S.hooner _Henry Dodge_ by armed forces

acting under orders of the Committee of Safety.

4 Votes canvassed on secession ordinance: for secession, 46,129;

against, 14,697.

7 Abandonment of Ringgold Barracks, Starr County, and Camp Verde,

Kerr County, by U.S. troops.

12 Abandonment of Camp McIntosh, Webb County, by U.S. troops.

15 Abandonment of Camp Wood, Real County, by U.S. troops.

16 Administering the Confederate oath of office to state officials

in the presence of the Secession Convention; Governor Houston

refused to take the oath.

17 Abandonment of Camp Hudson. Val Verde County, by U.S. troops.

19 Abandonment of Forts Clark, Kinney County; Inge, Uvalde County;

and Lancaster, Crockett County, by U.S. troops.

Governor Sam Houston's farewell address published in newspapers.

20 Abandonment of Fort Brown, Cameron County, and Fort Duncan,

Maverick County, by U.S. troops.

23 Abandonment of Fort Chadbourne, Coke County, by U.S. troops.

Ratification of the permanent Constitution of the Confederate

States by the Secession Convention.

25 Adjournment of the Secession Convention.

29 Abandonment of Fort Mason, Mason County, by U.S. troops.

31 Abandonment of Fort Bliss, El Paso County, by U.S. troops.

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