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In the early months of 1861, while [[Wikipedia:James Buchanan|James Buchanan]] was still President, [[Stephen Mallory]] had negotiated a gentleman's agreement that stipulated the Union would not reinforce [[Fort Pickens]] as long as rebel troops did not attempt to take it. However, incoming president [[Wikipedia:Abraham Lincoln|Abraham Lincoln]] did not intend to honor the agreement, and on [[March 12]] ordered troops about the ''[[Wikipedia:USS Brooklyn (1858)|USS Brooklyn]]'' to land at [[Fort Pickens]]. The orders reached the ''Brooklyn'' on [[March 31]], and on [[April 12]] the troops successfully reinforced the fort.<ref name="Views" /> Additional troops were landed from the ''USS Atlantic'' on [[April 16]].<ref name="PICW" />
On [[March 11]], [[1861]], Confederate general [[Wikipedia:Braxton Bragg|Braxton Bragg]] arrived in Pensacola and assumed command of the troops present. On [[April 19]], Bragg declared martial law in Pensacola.<ref name="PICW" /> On [[October 22]], the Confederate troops under General Bragg's command at Pensacola were organized as the Army of Pensacola.<ref>Miller, Francis Trevelyan and Robert Sampson Lanier. ''The Photographic History of the Civil War''. New York: The Review of Reviews Co., 1911.</ref>
==Battle of Santa Rosa Island==
