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Reminiscences of Fort Sumter and Moultrie.
Abner Doubleday was an 1842 graduate of the U.S. Military Academy at West Point and a veteran of the Mexican War when he was assigned to Fort Moultrie in the summer of 1860. A Captain of Artillery, he served as second in command of the garrison at the historic fort when the curtain rose of the drama...
| Clasificación: | Libro Electrónico |
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| Formato: | Electrónico eBook |
| Idioma: | Inglés |
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Scituate : La Vergne :
Digital Scanning, Inc. Ingram Book Co. [distributor]
March 2001
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| Edición: | Reprint. |
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| Acceso en línea: | Texto completo |
Tabla de Contenidos:
- ""REMINISCENCES OF FORTS SUMTER AND MOULTRIE""; ""INTRODUCTION.""; ""CONTENTS.""; ""CHAPTER I.""; ""FORT MOULTRIE IN 1860.""; ""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""; ""CHAPTER II.""; ""PREPARATIONS FOR DEFENSE.""; ""Defeat 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 Legislature.""; ""Creation of a Standing Army.""; ""Arrival of Masons from Baltimore.""
- ""Situation of Fort Sumter.""""A Dramatic Incident.""; ""Secretary Floyd's Action.""; ""Horace Greeley�s Advocacy of the Right of Secession""; ""The Situation November 18th""; ""CHAPTER III.""; ""PRELIMINARY MOVEMENTS OF THE SECESSIONISTS.""; ""Arrival 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.""; ""Meeting of Congress.""; ""Attempts at Compromise.""; ""Secession Batteries at Mount Pleasant.""; ""Arrival of Major Buell with Written Orders.""
- ""Vain Efforts to Strengthen Castle Pinckney.""""Northern Opinion.""; ""Public Meeting in Philadelphia.""; ""CHAPTER IV.""; ""THE REMOVAL TO FORT SUMTER.""; ""Passage of the Secession Ordinance.""; ""Governor Pickens�s Proclamation.""; ""Judge Petigru�s Visit to Fort Moultrie.""; ""Floyd�s Treachery.""; ""Yancey�s Lectures in the North.""; ""The Removal to Sumter.""; ""CHAPTER V.""; ""THE FIRST OVERT ACT.""; ""The 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 Troops take Fort Moultrie""""A Military Problem.""; ""Condition of Fort Sumter.""; ""Governor Pickens�s Commission.""; ""A New Outrage""; ""CHAPTER VI.""; ""EFFECT OF ANDERSON�S MOVEMENT.""; ""President Buchanan Aroused.""; ""Excitement in Charleston.""; ""The Situation at the Beginning of 1861""; ""Governor Pickens�s War Measures""; ""“My heart was never in this War �""; ""CHAPTER VII.""; ""THE “STAR OF THE WEST.�""; ""Promise of Succor.""; ""Fatal Delay.""; ""A Contumacious Chaplain.""; ""Visit from our Ladies.""; ""Governor Pickens�s Cabinet.""