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{{date|1860|1862}}
==Births==
*[[January 7]] – [[Charles Henry Bliss]]
*[[May 19]] – [[Richard Miles Cary, Jr.]]
*[[July 20]] – [[William Kopman Hyer, Jr.]]
*[[July 26]] – [[E. Dixie Beggs, Sr.]]
==Events==
*[[January 8]] – A group of men under Colonel [[William H. Chase]] is ordered by the Confederacy attempt to seize take control of the forts around Pensacola. First shots were fired at Union-held [[Fort Barrancas]] but are repelled by gunfire at around 11:00 PM.
*[[July 26]] – Confederate President [[Wikipedia:Jefferson Davis|Jefferson Davis]] appointed [[Thomas E. Jordan]] as postmaster of Pensacola and [[Chandler Cox Yonge]] as attorney for the Florida district of the Confederacy
*[[October 9]] – [[Battle of Santa Rosa Island]]
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