January 6, 1861
- Florida militia takes over a federal arsenal near Appalachiacola.
- Maryland’s pro-Union governor denounces secession in a speech to the residents of the state.
- Fernando Wood, mayor of New York, proposes that New York City should secede as well, allowing trade with both the North and South
The image is of the steamship “Star of the West” (Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War)