The student's history of GeorgiaFrom the earliest discoveries and settlements to the end of the year 1883Adapted for general reading and the use of schools . onvention, after a twoweeks session, adjourned. 5. The governor contin-ued to organize the volun-teer companies, and ap-pointed William H. major-general of adivision. He also con-tracted with an iron com-pany in Richmond, Virginia, for a number of cannon oflong range and large caliber for coast defense. He tookpossession of the United States Mint at Dahlonega, withtwenty thousand dollars gold coin, and used all the precau-tion wh
The student's history of GeorgiaFrom the earliest discoveries and settlements to the end of the year 1883Adapted for general reading and the use of schools . onvention, after a twoweeks session, adjourned. 5. The governor contin-ued to organize the volun-teer companies, and ap-pointed William H. major-general of adivision. He also con-tracted with an iron com-pany in Richmond, Virginia, for a number of cannon oflong range and large caliber for coast defense. He tookpossession of the United States Mint at Dahlonega, withtwenty thousand dollars gold coin, and used all the precau-tion which the perilous times demanded. 6. The seceded States had by this time taken possession ofall forts and arsenals in their limits, except Fort Sumter andseveral small coast forts. Men were needed to garrison anddefend them from the threatened Northern attack. PresidentDavis made a requisition upon Governor Brown for a regi-ment of soldiers to defend Fort Pickens at Pensacola. Sohigh was the war fever, and so enthusiastic the troops, thatover two hundred and fifty companies tendered their hurried from all parts of the State. Governor. Jefferson Davis. 276 STUDENTS HISTORY OF GEORGIA. [1861. Brown judiciously selected several companies from differentcounties, and directed them to organize a regiment and se-lect their own officers. James N. Ramsay was chosen colo-nel; J. O. Clark, lieutenant-colonel; and G. B. Thompson,major. Governor Brown addressed them in a patrioticspeech, which produced great enthusiasm among the new sol-diers. Governor Brown also procured several gunboats forcoast defense, and placed them under command of Commo-dore Josiah Tatnall. 7. Exciting events now occurred in rapid succession. April13, 1861, Major Anderson, of the Federal army, surrenderedFort Sumter and one hundred men to General Beauregard ofthe Southern army, after a heavy bombardment. The newsof the fall of the fort produced intense feeling, North andSouth, and was made the init
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