Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 |
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Page 26
... fire among them that " Massa Linkum " was coming to set them all free . The enthusiasm of the moneyed men in Charleston began to cool when they reflected upon the enormous expenses involved in keeping up a standing army in an 26 ...
... fire among them that " Massa Linkum " was coming to set them all free . The enthusiasm of the moneyed men in Charleston began to cool when they reflected upon the enormous expenses involved in keeping up a standing army in an 26 ...
Page 32
... fire to the magazine . The startling news of Lincoln's election reached Charleston on the 7th of November . As this event was sure to lead to secession , the Disunion- ists were wild with delight . In their exuberance of spirits , they ...
... fire to the magazine . The startling news of Lincoln's election reached Charleston on the 7th of November . As this event was sure to lead to secession , the Disunion- ists were wild with delight . In their exuberance of spirits , they ...
Page 62
... fire upon us as soon as they saw the ob- ject of the movement . I was naturally concerned , too , for the safety of my wife , who was the only lady in the fort at that time , and who would necessarily be exposed to considerable danger ...
... fire upon us as soon as they saw the ob- ject of the movement . I was naturally concerned , too , for the safety of my wife , who was the only lady in the fort at that time , and who would necessarily be exposed to considerable danger ...
Page 64
... fire into us or run us down while en route . Certainly the major showed no lack of determination or energy on this occasion . If we were successful in crossing , Davis was to follow with the remainder of the men . Foster and Mr. Moale ...
... fire into us or run us down while en route . Certainly the major showed no lack of determination or energy on this occasion . If we were successful in crossing , Davis was to follow with the remainder of the men . Foster and Mr. Moale ...
Page 69
... fire to the gun - car- riages bearing on Fort Sumter , and destroyed all the ammunition and military material that could not be brought away . The guns had been spiked the night before , and the flag - staff was cut down , either at ...
... fire to the gun - car- riages bearing on Fort Sumter , and destroyed all the ammunition and military material that could not be brought away . The guns had been spiked the night before , and the flag - staff was cut down , either at ...
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66 John afterward ammunition army arrived attack attempt battery Beauregard boat brevet called Captain Foster Castle Pinckney Charles Charleston Citadel Academy Cloth Colonel Gardner command Crawford Crown 8vo Cummings Point Davis defense derson Edmund Ruffin enemy Engravings Fernando Wood fight fire flag Floyd Fort Johnson Fort Moultrie Fort Sumter forts garrison Government Governor Pickens guard harbor HENRY History hundred Illustrations immediately James JOHN S. C. ABBOTT Johnson laborers land letter Lieutenant Talbot LL.D main gates Major Anderson Maps ment Morris Island Moultrie Moultrieville navy negroes night North officers once Palmetto parapet party passed Portrait President re-enforce rebel replied Rhett Ripley secede secession Secessionists Secretary Secretary of War seemed sent Seymour shells shot slavery Snyder soldiers soon South Carolina Southern steamer Sullivan's Island Sumter ten-inch mortars thought tion took troops Union vessels vols wall Washington Wigfall William William Porcher Miles York
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