Wednesday, December 31, 2025

General John Ellis Wool’s Letter to a Friend in Washington

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Troy, December 31, 1860. My dear Sir:—South Carolina, after twenty-seven years—Mr. Rhett says thirty years—of constant and increasing efforts by her leaders to induce her to secede, has declared herself out of the Union; and this, too, without the slightest wrong or injustice done her people on the part of the government of the United [...]

The Rebellion Record – A Diary of American Events; by Frank Moore

A Diary of American Events – December 31, 1860

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—Strong fortifications have been ordered by the South Carolina Convention in and around Charleston harbor, to resist any reinforcements that may be sent to Major Anderson. Governor Pickens is in daily receipt of dispatches from the South, tendering men to defend South Carolina from invasion. —The scene in the Senate at Washington to-day was intensely [...]

The Rebellion Record – A Diary of American Events; by Frank Moore