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January 12th, 1861
Florida state troops demanded the surrender of Fort Pickens in Pensacola Bay following Florida’s secession, but the Union garrison, under Lieutenant Adam Slemmer, refused, fortifying themselves inside the key island fortress, setting the stage for a tense standoff that foreshadowed the larger Civil War and kept Fort Pickens a crucial Union stronghold in the South, unlike other seized federal property.
https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Fort_Pickens