# Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61

Author: Doubleday, Abner, 1819-1893

Genre: US Civil War

Language: English

License: Public domain

Source: https://www.gutenberg.org/ebooks/24972

Amazon editions: https://www.amazon.com/s?k=Reminiscences+of+Forts+Sumter+and+Moultrie+in+1860-%2761+Doubleday&tag=cyberlibrar00-20

## Summary

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.--Communications with Northern Men by Cipher.--Proscription of Antislavery Men in Charleston.--Position of Charleston Merchants.--The Secession Leaders only prepared to resist Coercion.--The Mob proves Unmanageable.--General Scott's Letter to the President, October 29th.--The Situation in November.--No Instructions from Washington.--Colonel Gardner's Report to General Wool. _Page_ 13

## Chapters

- [Chapter 22](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-forts-sumter-and-moultrie-in-1860-61-24972/chapters/22/index.md)
- [Chapter 20](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-forts-sumter-and-moultrie-in-1860-61-24972/chapters/20/index.md)
- [Chapter 21](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-forts-sumter-and-moultrie-in-1860-61-24972/chapters/21/index.md)
- [Chapter 12](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-forts-sumter-and-moultrie-in-1860-61-24972/chapters/12/index.md)
- [Chapter 19](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-forts-sumter-and-moultrie-in-1860-61-24972/chapters/19/index.md)
- [Chapter 18](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-forts-sumter-and-moultrie-in-1860-61-24972/chapters/18/index.md)
- [Chapter 16](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-forts-sumter-and-moultrie-in-1860-61-24972/chapters/16/index.md)
- [Chapter 15](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-forts-sumter-and-moultrie-in-1860-61-24972/chapters/15/index.md)
- [Chapter 14](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-forts-sumter-and-moultrie-in-1860-61-24972/chapters/14/index.md)
- [Chapter 13](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-forts-sumter-and-moultrie-in-1860-61-24972/chapters/13/index.md)
- [Chapter 17](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-forts-sumter-and-moultrie-in-1860-61-24972/chapters/17/index.md)
- [Chapter 1](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-forts-sumter-and-moultrie-in-1860-61-24972/chapters/1/index.md)
- [Chapter 3](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-forts-sumter-and-moultrie-in-1860-61-24972/chapters/3/index.md)
- [Chapter 2](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-forts-sumter-and-moultrie-in-1860-61-24972/chapters/2/index.md)
- [Chapter 5](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-forts-sumter-and-moultrie-in-1860-61-24972/chapters/5/index.md)
- [Chapter 11](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-forts-sumter-and-moultrie-in-1860-61-24972/chapters/11/index.md)
- [Chapter 7](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-forts-sumter-and-moultrie-in-1860-61-24972/chapters/7/index.md)
- [Chapter 8](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-forts-sumter-and-moultrie-in-1860-61-24972/chapters/8/index.md)
- [Chapter 4](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-forts-sumter-and-moultrie-in-1860-61-24972/chapters/4/index.md)
- [Chapter 6](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-forts-sumter-and-moultrie-in-1860-61-24972/chapters/6/index.md)
- [Chapter 9](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-forts-sumter-and-moultrie-in-1860-61-24972/chapters/9/index.md)
- [Chapter 10](https://www.cyberlibrary.org/en/books/reminiscences-of-forts-sumter-and-moultrie-in-1860-61-24972/chapters/10/index.md)