Template:TITCW/April 30, 1861
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Jump to navigationJump to search- Robert Selden Garnett is appointed Brigadier General in the Confederate Army
- President Lincoln orders Union troops to leave forts garrisoned in the Indian Territory, effectively ceding jurisdiction over the Cherokee, Chickasaw, Choctaw, Creek, and Seminole Indian Nations to the Confederate states
- Union Lieutenant Colonel William Emory of the 1st United States Cavalry abandons Fort Washita, Indian Territory and marches his troops to Leavenworth, Kansas
- Union Major Caleb Sibley sails his paroled command from Texas to New York