1 January 1861 The year began with clouds & rain. I went out with Josey to Drive as Lucius was sent to the Depot expecting Mr Hayward & visited Mrs Wayne, Papa & Mrs Manigault, Papa out, Mrs Wayne preparing for a grand party, which must have disapointed her, as it rained all the evening, [...]
Washington D.C. TUESDAY, JANUARY 1, 1861. The old year passed away in gloom and sadness and the new one opens today without affording one hopeful ray of light in regard to the future. There seems to be a determination on the part of nearly the whole south to break up the Government. The Comrs from [...]
January 1st, 1861.—A New Year has come to us now. This is dear Grandmother’s birthday and, though she went to Heaven years ago, her children still meet on her anniversary and talk of her and of the days of their childhood. I like it and I never will forget when Father’s and Mother’s birthdays come. [...]
Robert Toombs to the Augusta, Ga., True Democrat.[i] Washington, D. C, Jan. 1, 1861. The cabinet is broken up, Mr. Floyd, Secretary of War, and Mr. Thompson, Secretary of the Interior, having resigned. Mr. Holt of Kentucky, our bitter foe, has been made Secretary of War. Fort Pulaski is in danger. The Abolitionists are defiant. [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 1, 1861. To his Excellency the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: SIR: We have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th December, in reply to a note addressed by us to you on the 28th of the same month, as Commissioners from South Carolina. In reference to [...]
The evidences of a purpose on the part of the secessionists to seize upon the public property and usurp the Government at its capital, have become so clear that energetic measures are taking to defeat their plans, and repress the treason. Now that the Administration begins to appreciate the necessity of preserving the Government, and [...]
Mrs. Robert Toombs to Alexander H. Stephens. Washington, D. C., Jan. 1st, 1861[i] Dear Sir: I write a few lines to you this morning to ask you what I shall do with your furniture that is in our house. I have despaired of the Union and will begin to pack up my own things today. [...]
January 1, 1861, The Charleston Mercury Our readers will perceive, from our telegraphic despatches, that Governor FLOYD has resigned his seat in the Cabinet as Secretary of War, and that General SCOTT has been appointed, as interim, in his place, or Mr. HOYT, who is equally in favor of coercion; and that the war steamer, [...]
January 1, 1861 Richmond Enquirer The resignation of Secretary Floyd, which was tendered on Saturday night last, will be deeply regretted by the people of Virginia. Under the circumstances, Secretary Floyd has done only what every high toned gentleman would have done. The Administration had given an unqualified pledge, to the Representatives from South Carolina, [...]
January 1, 1861 On New Year’s Day Georgians go to the polls to elect either a pro-Union or pro-Seccession slate of delegates to a state convention to be held in Milledgeville. According to Gov. Brown the results are overwhelmingly pro-secession, however, later research by the Georgia Historical Society indicates that the returns were overstated in [...]