Feb. 15, 1861 – In Montgomery, Alabama, the Confederate Congress decided that Fort Sumter and other forts must be acquired “either by negotiation or force.”

Knoxville Civil War Roundtable
Remembering the Civil War in East Tennessee
Feb. 15, 1861 – In Montgomery, Alabama, the Confederate Congress decided that Fort Sumter and other forts must be acquired “either by negotiation or force.”