Salmon P. Chase,
The Protector (79 U.S. 700) — Opinion of the Court
“ But the war did not begin or close at the same time in all the States. There were two proclamations of intended blockade: the first of the 19th of April, 1861, [1] embracing the States of South Corolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas; the second, of the 27th of April, 1861, [2] embracing the States of Virginia and North Carolina; and there were two proclamations declaring that the war had closed ”
