Compiled by Jim Hachtel, President
Gen. William T. Sherman Memorial Civil War Roundtable
May 3,1861-To add 22,700 men to the regular Army and 18,000 seamen to the Navy, President Lincoln calls for 42,000 volunteers for three year enlistment.
May 3, 1861- Missouri Governor Claiborne Jackson declared that Mr. Lincoln, by calling out troops for the purpose of subduing the secession movement, had committed an unconstitutional and illegal act. He defended the right of states to withdraw, that the interests of the State of Missouri were identical with other slaveholding states, and that Missouri would, at the proper time, follow the example of the seceding states. He concluded by insisting that Missouri would resist any attempt of the Federal Government to enforce Federal Law. This message caused the long series of desperate and bloody events in Missouri that were known at that time as the Southern Rebellion. The term "Southern Rebellion" later became simply the "Rebellion" and was attached to many other events.
May 3,1861-Chicago Zouaves organize a force in answer to Pres. Lincoln's 42,000 volunteer call
May 6,1861-Arkansas secedes (the ninth state to do so)
May 7,1861-Tennessee forms a Military Alliance with the Confederate States (does not secede until June 8)
May 9,1861-US forces in Texas are surrendered to the Texas Rangers along with supplies and weapons by US General David Twiggs, He later becomes a Confederate General
May 10,1861-Maryland resolves to protest any war against the Confederacy and to 'remain neutral' which resulted in the imprisonment of State Officials
May 10-11,1861-In St. Louis, MO, Union Captain Lyons demands the surrender of encamped State Militia forces causing a riot with 20 civilians killed
May 11,1861-Gen George B. McClellan becomes Commander of the US Army Department of the Ohio (Ohio, Indiana, Western Pa and Western Virginia troops)
May 13,1961-US Gen Benjamin Butler occupies Baltimore, MD
May 13,1861-Britian maintains neutrality and Queen Victoria withholds official recognition of the Confederate States of America
May 14,1861-William Tecumseh Sherman accepts appointment as a colonial in the 13th Infantry of the US Army. He refused earlier offers of a position as 'Officer' of Volunteers
May 14,1861-Gen Butler's troops occupy Fort McHenry in Baltimore Harbor
May 16,1861-An enlistment bounty of $10.00 offered by Confederate Congress
