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Whitworth female college at Brookhaven opened and chartered......1859 By joint resolution the legislature directs the governor to appoint commissioners to the several slave-holding States, asking their co-operation in secession. Legislature adjourned......Nov. 30, 1860 State convention meets at Jackson, Jan. 7, 1861, passes an ordinance of secession, Jan. 9, 84 to 15......Jan. 15, 1861 Confederates occupy the unfinished fort on Ship Island, under construction since 1855......Jan. 20, 1861 State convention ratifies the constitution of the Confederate States......March 26, 1861 Town of Biloxi captured by Federal naval force under Capt. Melancthon Smith......Dec. 31, 1861 Confederate government removes the State archives from Jackson to Columbus for safety......June 16, 1862 Chief military operations in Mississippi during 1862 were as follows: General Beauregard evacuates Corinth, and Halleck takes possession, May 29; United States gunboat Essex bombards Natchez