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Showing posts with label Star of the West. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Star of the West. Show all posts
Saturday, March 18, 2023

Diary of George Mifflin Dallas, January 20, 1861

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If we are in turmoil on the western side of the Atlantic, they are not much better off on this eastern side. The King of Prussia has just sa...
Friday, September 9, 2022

William T. Sherman to Ellen Ewing Sherman, January 13, 1861

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SEMINARY, Jan. 13, 1861.  . . . I see no change to note here in public sentiment, the fact that Seward has been named as secretary of stat...
Monday, January 4, 2021

Emory Upton to his Sister, January 12, 1861

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 WEST POINT, January 12, 1861. MY DEAR SISTER: This is examination-week. My reports have not been quite so good as you may have desired, b...
Saturday, March 17, 2018

Captain Gustavus V. Fox: Memorandum for the Relief of Fort Sumter, February 6, 1861

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ST. GERMAIN HOTEL, New York , February 6, 1861. Since the repulse of the steamer Star of the West at Charleston it may be assumed tha...
Wednesday, September 7, 2016

Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott to Abraham Lincoln, March 12, 1861

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The President has done me the honor to propose certain military questions, concerning Fort Sumter to which he desires replies. “1st.” T...
Friday, April 1, 2016

Diary of William Howard Russell: May 9, 1861

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My faithful Wigfall was good enough to come in early, in order to show me some comments on my letters in the “New York Times.” It appears t...
Sunday, August 9, 2015

Jeremiah S. Black to Brevet Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott, January 16, 1861

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department Of State , January 16, 1861. lieutenant-general Winfield Scott: Dear General: The habitual frankness of your character, ...
Saturday, July 25, 2015

Joseph Holt to Major Robert Anderson, January 16, 1861

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war Department , January 16, 1861. Major Robert Anderson, First Artillery, Commanding Fort Sumter. Sir: Your dispatch No. 17, cover...
Saturday, July 4, 2015

Major Robert Anderson to Governor Francis W. Pickens, January 9, 1861

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Fort Sumter, South Carolina, January 9, 1861. Sir: Two of your batteries fired this morning upon an unarmed vessel bearing the flag of ...

Major Robert Anderson to Governor Francis W. Pickens, January 9, 1861

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Headquarters, Fort Sumter, S. C, January 9, 1861. To His Excellency F. W. Pickens, Governor of the State of South Carolina. Sir: ...
Friday, July 3, 2015

Isaac W. Hayne to James Buchanan, January 31, 1861

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WASHINGTON, January 31, 1861. SIR: I had the honor to hold a short interview with you on the 14th instant, informal and unofficial. Hav...
Sunday, June 28, 2015

Joseph Holt to Major Robert Anderson, January 10, 1861

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War Department, January 10, 1861. Major Robert Anderson, First Artillery, Commanding at Fort Sumter, S. C.: sir : Your dispatches...
Saturday, May 16, 2015

John M. Forbes to N. M. Beckwith, January 24, 1862

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Boston , January 24, 1862. . . . Barren proclamations to those beyond our reach will just now hurt Kentucky and the Northern harmony mo...
Monday, December 29, 2014

William Gilmore Simms to William Porcher Miles, probably January 13, 1861

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Sunday 1 Night, 12 P. M. I am sleepless, my dear Miles, and must write. If you should be sleepless also, it is not improbable but that...
Friday, August 29, 2014

Diary of Thomas Ebenezer Thomas: January 10, 1861

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The State of Mississippi yesterday seceded from the Union, by 32 to 15 votes in the Convention. Yesterday, also, THE FIRST GUN FIRED in the...
Saturday, August 23, 2014

Jacob Thompson to James Buchanan, January 8, 1861

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Washington , D. C, Jany. 8th, 1861. To H1s Excellency James Buchanan, President U. S. Sir : It is with extreme regret I have just l...
Monday, December 30, 2013

Simon Cameron to Abraham Lincoln, January 11, 1862

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Washington, January 11. 1862. My dear Sir. I have the honor to acknowledge your favor of this date , and to thank you, with profo...
Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Chivalric Warriors

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It was the chivalry of South Carolina who started the rebellion.   It was they who led off in the drama of secession.   The first company o...