US Civil War
The Garrison of Fort Moultrie.--Early Indications of Secession.--Situation of the Fort.--Edmund Ruffin and Robert Barnwell Rhett.--The Secretary of War.--Arms sent to the South.--Colonel Gardner.--Captain Foster ordered to Charleston Harbor.--The Officers at Fort Moultrie.--Co...
The Garrison of Fort Moultrie.--Early Indications of Secession.--Situation of the Fort.--Edmund Ruffin and Robert Barnwell Rhett.--The Secretary of War.--Arms sent to the South....
2. Chapter 2Defeat of Captain Seymour's Expedition on the Ashley.--Mayor Macbeth's Explanation.--Captain Foster's Work on Fort Moultrie.--Governor Gist convenes the South Carolina Legislatu...
3. Chapter 3Arrival of Major Anderson.--Huger's Opposition to a Premature Assault on Fort Moultrie.--Anderson's Report to the Secretary of War.--Active Preparations by the South Carolinians...
4. Chapter 45. Chapter 5The New Quarters.--Seizure of Castle Pinckney by Charleston Troops.--Raising the Flag at Fort Sumter.--The Sergeant's Daughter.--Major Anderson's Position.--The Charleston Troop...
6. Chapter 67. Chapter 7Promise of Succor.--Fatal Delay.--A Contumacious Chaplain.--Visit from our Ladies.--Governor Pickens's Cabinet.--Appearance of the Star of the West.--The Vessel fired upon from...
8. Chapter 8Major Anderson's Proposed Diplomatic Negotiations.--Defensive Preparations.--Changes in the Cabinet.--Meade's Defection.--Anecdote of Governor Pickens.--Battery at Cummings Poin...
9. Chapter 910. Chapter 1011. Chapter 11Senator Wigfall's Volunteer Mission.--Terms of Evacuation Settled.--The Question of Casualties on the Other Side.--Salute to the Flag.--Occupation of the Fort by Southern Troops...
12. Chapter 12The Garrison of Fort Moultrie.--Early Indications of Secession.--Situation of the Fort.--Edmund Ruffin and Robert Barnwell Rhett.--The Secretary of War.--Arms sent to the South....
13. Chapter 13Defeat of Captain Seymour's Expedition on the Ashley.--Mayor Macbeth's Explanation.--Captain Foster's Work on Fort Moultrie.--Governor Gist convenes the South Carolina Legislatu...
14. Chapter 14Arrival of Major Anderson.--Huger's Opposition to a premature Assault on Fort Moultrie.--Anderson's Report to the Secretary of War.--Active Preparations by the South Carolinians...
15. Chapter 15On the same day the Charleston Convention met, and chose General D.F. Jamison as their president, and on the 20th of the month the secession ordinance was duly passed, and South...
16. Chapter 16The New Quarters.--Seizure of Castle Pinckney by Charleston Troops.--Raising the Flag at Fort Sumter.--The Sergeant's Daughter.--Major Anderson's Position.--The Charleston Troop...
17. Chapter 17Anderson's movement and the sudden uprising of the North put an end to the mission of the South Carolina commissioners. Governor Pickens seized Castle Pinckney and Fort Moultrie...
18. Chapter 18Promise of Succor;--Fatal Delay.--A Contumacious Chaplain.--Visit from our Ladies.--Governor Pickens's Cabinet.--Appearance of the _Star of the West_.--The Vessel fired upon fro...
19. Chapter 19Major Anderson's Proposed Diplomatic Negotiations.--Defensive Preparations.--Changes in the Cabinet.--Meade's Defection.--Anecdote of Governor Pickens.--Battery at Cummings Poin...
20. Chapter 20We saw advertisements now in the Northern papers showing that dramas founded on our occupation of Fort Sumter, and confinement there, were being acted both in Boston and New Yor...
21. Chapter 21As soon as the outline of our fort could be distinguished, the enemy carried out their programme. It had been arranged, as a special compliment to the venerable Edmund Ruffin, w...
22. Chapter 22Senator Wigfall's Volunteer Mission.--Terms of Evacuation Settled.--The Question of Casualties on the Other Side.--Salute to the Flag.--Occupation of the Fort by Southern Troops...