Savannah volunteer militia units captured Fort Pulaski, which was located a mile upstream from the mouth of the Savannah River. Georgias secession convention convened in the state capital of Milledgeville. 89 to adopt an Ordinance of Secession. The Ordinance of Secession was signed by all but six delegates attending the convention. The six delegates who had not signed the Ordinance of Secession did sign a statement of protest, but agreed to yield to the majority. Georgias secession convention meeting in Milledgeville adjourned with instructions to reconvene in Savannah on the call of the convention president. Thomas Butler King was appointed as Georgias commissioner to Great Britain, France, and Belgium to explain the reasons for Georgias secession and to further promote direct trade with Georgia. Cobb to revise Georgias state constitution.

Meeting in Savannah, Georgias Secession Convention adopted a proposed new state constitution for Georgia. Following this action, the convention adjourned. President Abraham Lincoln ordered a blockade of all Southern seaports. Supreme Court to serve as Confederate Assistant Secretary of War. Union forces began bombardment of Fort Pulaski. Fort Pulaski surrendered to Union forces. Atlantic Railroad from Atlanta to Chattanooga. His unsuccessful effort would later be known as The Great Locomotive Chase. The raiders were soon captured and the torn rails quickly repaired. Confederate Congress passed a Conscription Act drafting all men between 18 and 35 into Confederate service; it was approved by President Jefferson Davis the following day. Atlanta officially became a Confederate military post. On the same day Georgian John B. Gordon was promoted to major general. The Great Locomotive Chase, was hanged in Atlanta. The rest of the raiders suffered the same fate June 18. Martial law was declared in Atlanta.

Georgians because of the war was a lack of salt.

Georgia railroads and secure the needed salt. Cobb died in the Battle of Frederickburg, in Virginia. Near Rome, Georgia, Confederate forces under Gen. Nathan Bedford Forrest captured a Union raiding force. The raiders were headed for Georgia to disrupt the Western and Atlantic Railroad, which was supplying Gen. Braxton Braggs Confederate force in northwest Georgia. Rome, but in a story reminiscent of Paul Reveres midnight ride, an Alabama mailman rode horseback for eleven straight hours to warn Rome of the pending attack. When the Union cavalry arrived on May 3rd, they found Romes civilian population armed behind barricades and ready to burn the bridges should the cavalry try to enter the city. While the Union leader debated whether or not to attack, Gen. Forrests forces arrived at Rome, blocking any Union escape and forcing surrender of their forces.