January 11th, 1861. —We did not try to be early this morning, as the big event of the day did not take place until one o’clock. Capitol Square was so crowded you could see nothing but heads and the Capitol itself was full of people looking from the windows, which looked out on the east [...]
FRIDAY 11 Yesterdays Telegraphic news was incorrect as to Maj Anderson. The “Inteligencer” this morning publishes a letter from an ex-Congressman from the south exposing the treasonable proceedings at their Secret meetings of the Senators from the Cotton States now here. Yulee (brother of the Senator from Fla) in my room today said they were [...]
January 11, 1861, The Chaleston Mercury NEW YORK, January 7. The secession of South Carolina from the Confederacy excites more condemnation now than it did when it first occurred. Since then business has decreased considerably among the merchants; orders to manufacturers are very limited; thousands of mechanics and clerks are thrown out of employment, all [...]
January 11, 1861, The New York Herald Savannah is the seat of justice and the largest city in the State of Georgia, and contains 20,000 inhabitants. It is situated on the southeast bank of the Savannah river, on a high bluff, forty feet above low water mark. It is twelve miles distant, in a direct [...]
January 11, 1861, The New York Herald Intelligence has reached us within the last twenty four hours of events transpiring in various quarters of the country pregnant with the most alarming symptoms of impending danger, which seem to be momentarily hurrying us towards inevitable civil war. The news published in the morning papers yesterday that [...]
January 11, 1861, The New York Herald Our intelligence from Charleston, published yesterday, relative to the arrival of the steamer Star of the West in the harbor of Charleston, and her retreat when fired upon by the State batteries, is fully confirmed by later advises. The particulars of the affair are detailed in another column. [...]
January 11, 1861, The New York Herald WILMINGTON, N.C., Jan. 10, 1861. Forts Johnson and Caswell were taken possession of on the night of the 8th by the Smithville Guard. DESCRIPTION OF THE FORTS SEIZED. FORT MACON, BEAUFORT, N.C. Fort Macon protects Beaufort, N.C., and is situated on a bluff on Rougebank, one and three [...]
January 11, 1861, The Charleston Mercury (FROM OUR OWN CORRESPONDENT) WASHINGTON, December 10 – 4 p.m. – President BUCHANAN and Gen. SCOTT have both expressed their gratification, this morning, at the narrow escape of the Star of the West on the morning of the 9th from the batteries on Morris Island. The general understanding is, [...]
January 11, 1861, The New York Herald CHARLESTON, Jan. 10, 1861. The despatches sent yesterday as to the Star of the West are strictly correct. The Charleston Courier says that at about half past six o’clock yesterday morning the steamer General Clinch discovered the steamship Star of the West, and signalized the fact of her [...]
The Charleston Mercury, January 11, 1861 A company of Minute Men from Abbeville District arrived in this city on Wednesday night. They number one hundred men, and are as fine a looking body as any that can be raised. For the information of the Tribune and papers of that ilk, we state that ten members [...]
January 11, 1861, The Charleston Mercury WILMINGTON, JANUARY 10. The people here, in consequence of a despatch received from the Hon. W.S. ASHE, at Washington, directed to some of the Minute Men, and stating that the revenue cutter Forward, with fifty men and eight guns, under the command of Lieut. NONES, had left Wilmington, Del., [...]
–To-day a party of Louisiana State troops, under command of Captain Bradford, took possession of the United States Marine Hospital, about two miles below New Orleans. The patients in the Hospital, numbering two hundred and sixteen, were ordered to be removed; those who are convalescent, immediately, and those who are confined to their beds, as [...]
FORT CASWELL, N. C., January 11, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to report herewith that this post is reoccupied by a party of citizens from Wilmington and Smithville. They took possession at 7 o’clock on the night of the 10th instant. The individual who represents them as commanding officer is a Mr. Hedrick, from [...]
January 11, 1861 Alabama secedes from the United States. Federal soldiers seize buildings in St. Louis to prevent them from falling into Rebel hands South Carolina demands the surrender of Fort Sumter. Major Anderson refuses. Image: Fort Sumter, seen from the rear, at low water (Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War)