Record Data Place Unit Type Location or Site Containing Unit Florida Events Date Type 03/18/1861 In Florida, Confederate authorities ban the locals from resupplying Fort Pickens and the U.S. Navy Battles/Soldiers 01/10/1861 In Pensacola Bay, U.S. Army Lieutenant Adam J. Slemmer consolidates his forces in Fort Pickens Battles/Soldiers 04/12/1861 Off Pensacola, Florida, under cover of night, small boats reinforce the federal garrison at Fort Pickens Battles/Soldiers 11/22/1861 - 11/23/1861 On the Florida coast, Union artillery and navy ships bombard Confederate positions around Pensacola Battles/Soldiers 10/09/1861 The Union garrison on Santa Rosa Island in Florida beats off a Confederate attack on Fort Pickens Battles/Soldiers Major Topics Secession People Documents Date Title 03/12/1861 New York Times, “A Loyal Regiment,” March 12, 1861 04/01/1861 Abraham Lincoln to William Seward, April 1, 1861 04/16/1861 James Henderson to Abraham Lincoln, April 16, 1861 05/24/1861 San Francisco (CA) Evening Bulletin, “Protection of New Orleans,” May 24, 1861 07/04/1861 Abraham Lincoln, Message to the Congress in Special Session, July 4, 1861 07/25/1861 Fayetteville (NC) Observer, “What is a Blockade?,” July 25, 1861 11/25/1861 Col. Harvey Brown to Gen. Lorenzo Thomas, November 25, 1861 11/25/1861 Gen. Braxton Bragg, Congratulation on the November 22-23, 1861 Florida bombardment, November 25, 1861 Images Fort Pickens, Pensacola Bay, Florida, 1861, artist's impression
