Georgia troops seized key points in the state before delegates to the Georgia State Convention at Milledgeville voted 208 to 89 to secede from the United States
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Georgia troops seized key points in the state before delegates to the Georgia State Convention at Milledgeville voted 208 to 89 to secede from the United States
Federal forces use a destructive new weapon to reduce a key fort guarding the entrance to Savannah Harbor.