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. April 5 Abandonment of Fort Quitman, Hudspeth County, by U.S. troops. 9 Adjournment of the called session of the legislature. 11 Arrival in New York of Federal troops from Texas aboard _U.S.S. Coatzacoalcos_. 12 Fort Sumter fired upon. 13 Abandonment of Fort Davis, Jeff Davis County, by U.S. troops. 17 Texas Volunteers under Colonel Earl Van Dorn, C.S.A., capture _Star Of The West_ off Texas coast near Indianola. 20 Seizure of U.S. Coast Guard schooner _Twilight_ by W. A. Jones, Deputy Custom Collector, Aransas, Texas. 21 Assumption of Military Command of Texas by Colonel Earl Van Doren, C.S.A. 23 U.S. Army officers at San Antonio made prisoners of war; capture of 8th U.S. Infantry near San Antonio. 25 Surrender of U.S. forces at Indianola. Abandonment of Fort Stockton, Pecos County, by U.S. troops. May 9 Capture of U.S. troops near San Lucas Springs or Adams Hill, fifteen miles west of San Antonio. 5 Capture of Forts Arbuckle, Cobb and Washita, Indian Territory, by Texas state troops commanded by Colonel W. C. Young. 13-14 Burning of the _Alamo Express office_, San Antonio by the Knights of the Golden Circle June ? Organization in Virginia of the First Texas Infantry Regiment. 13 Organization of the Third Regiment, Texas Cavalry. July