April 22nd.– Early a few mornings since, I called on Gov. Wise, and informed him that Lincoln had called out 70,000 men. He opened his eyes very widely and said, emphatically, “I don’t believe it.” The greatest statesmen of the South have no conception of the real purposes of the men now in power in [...]

April 22, 1861 The News. There was no direct communication yesterday with the federal capital or Baltimore. There is no doubt of the perfect safety of Washington, and it is not probable that anything of a serious nature transpired in Baltimore yesterday. The communication is understood to be suspended by the desire of the government, [...]

April 22, 1861 The Clarksburg (present-day West Virginia) Convention calls for an anti-secessionist convention to be held in May 1861 Maryland Governor Thomas Holliday Hicks calls a session of the Maryland legislature to consider secession Robert E. Lee accepts command of Virginia forces A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 U. S. Arsenal [...]

Civil War Portraits—Leaders, Influencers, and the Incidentally Important #005 Virginia Governor John Letcher John Letcher was an American lawyer, journalist, and politician. He served as a Representative in the United States Congress, was the 34th Governor of Virginia during the American Civil War, and later served in the Virginia General Assembly. He was also active [...]

April 21st.– Received several letters to-day which had been delayed in their transmission, and were doubtless opened on the way. One was from my wife, informing me of the illness of Custis, my eldest son, and of the equivocal conduct of some of the neighbors. The Rev. Mr. D, son of the late  B_______p, raised [...]

 Daily Times (Leavenworth, KS) April 21, 1861 Rumors were current here yesterday, that the Missourians were preparing for an attack on Fort Leavenworth. A letter was received by one of our citizens, from the Delaware Indian agent, which stated that companies were being formed in Parkville and Independence, for a hostile expedition against the Fort, [...]

April 21, 1861 Important Military Movements. Our city is a military camp. The greatest enthusiasm prevails. We are full of brigade, regimental and company orders. But, owing to the length and importance of the proceedings of the overwhelming demonstration in Union square yesterday afternoon, we are compelled to defer the publication of them till tomorrow, [...]

April 21, 1861 A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 Philadelphia, Wilmington, and Baltimore Railroad taken possession of by the U. S. Government. War sermons preached in most of the Northern churches. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863

The Scientific American April 20, 1861 WASHINGTON, April 5, 1861. Whoever visits Washington in these days is pretty sure to be set down as an office seeker. The hotels are well thronged, and the rivalry for a share in the distribution of the spoils of office appears to be sharp, and ofttimes acrimonious. I called [...]

 The Constitutional (Alexandria, LA) April 20, 1861 On Sunday night last this place was visited by a severe storm which blowed down the fine Market House lately erected in our city, and otherwise damaging property all over the parish to a considerable amount. On the same night the building in the Pinewoods known as Parker’s [...]

 Sugar Planter (West Baton Rouge, LA) April 20, 1861 Passing through the foundry of Messrs. Hill & Markham, in Baton Rouge a day or two since, we found a number of workmen busily engaged in casting twenty-four pound cannon balls. We were informed that the order from the State was unlimited—in other words, they were [...]

 Texas Republican (Marshall) April 20, 1861 We learn that it is the intention of the ladies of Marshall to present the company of Rangers which leaves town to-day, (Saturday) with a splendid flag, as a mark of their high appreciation of the zeal and patriotism which has prompted them to respond with such alacrity to [...]

New York Herald April 20, 1861 WASHINGTON, April 19, 1861. The President has issued a proclamation stating that an insurrection against the government of the United States has broken out in the States of South Carolina, Georgia, Alabama, Florida, Mississippi, Louisiana, and Texas, and the law of the United States for the collection of the [...]

New York Herald April 20, 1861 BALTIMORE, April 19, 1861. A terrible scene is now going on in Pratt street. The track has been torn up. The troops attempted to march through, when they were attacked by a mob with stones and bricks, and then fired upon. The troops returned the fire. Two of the [...]

New York Herald April 20, 1861 President Lincoln has issued a proclamation announcing a blockade of the ports of the revolutionary States. The document is given in another column. Baltimore was the scene of a bloody fight yesterday. On the arrival of the Massachusetts regiment of troops in that city, their passage through to Washington [...]

Civil War Portraits—Leaders, Influencers, and the Incidentally Important #004 General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard Title: General Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard, C.S.A. Caption: Wearing Confederate uniform. Catalog #: NH 51926 Owner: National Archives and Records Administration After this Year: 1861 Before this Year: 1865 Original Medium: BW Photo Naval History and Heritage Command

CAMDEN, S. C, April 20, 1861.—Home again at Mulberry. In those last days of my stay in Charleston I did not find time to write a word. And so we took Fort Sumter, nous autres; we–Mrs. Frank Hampton, and others–in the passageway of the Mills House between the reception-room and the drawing room, for there [...]

April 20th.–The news has been confirmed. It was a brickbat ”Plug Ugly” fight – the result of animal, and not intellectual or patriotic instincts. Baltimore has better men for the strife than bar-room champions. The absence of dignity in this assault will be productive of evil rather than good. Maryland is probably lost – for [...]

April 20, 1861 Robert E. Lee resigns his commission in the United States Army in order to command the forces of the state of Virginia. Guyandotte (city) calls for the state to approve the secession actions of the Virginia legislature. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America1 Great Union Mass Meeting in New [...]

Semi-Weekly Dispatch (Franklin, PA) April 19, 1861 The refusal of the Secessionist mob in Charleston, to permit the return of Lieut. Talbot to fort Sumter, was an outrage exactly in keeping with the general course of the Secessionists. The following, copied from an editorial of the Baltimore Clipper, will show that at least some persons [...]

Semi-Weekly Dispatch (Franklin, PA) April 19, 1861 There are 1,200 men under arms in Washington, 700 volunteer and 500 regulars. The Volunteer force can be increased to 2,000 at a few hour’s notice. All the approaches to the city are guarded. There is said to be an organized disunion conspiracy in the District, with 700 [...]

Semi-Weekly Dispatch (Franklin, PA) April 19, 1861 The capture of Fort Sumter is the first bitter fruit of the vacillating and effeminate Administration of JAS. BUCHANAN. What other results may flow from it, is not to be foretold. The imprecations of a blood-baptized land will, probably, yet be heaped upon his head. May GOD protect [...]

 Semi-Weekly Dispatch (Franklin, PA) April 19, 1861 As our readers are aware, the Militia Laws of Pennsylvania have ever been very defective. Heretofore no emergency has arisen, which has not been promptly and effectively met, but in the present uncertain aspect of affairs, it become our rulers to look well to our guards, and render [...]

 Semi-Weekly Dispatch (Franklin, PA) April 19, 1861 With the deepest anxiety have the American people been watching the transactions of the Administration, since the inauguration of Mr. LINCOLN, with a view to ascertain our true position among the nations, and solve the question, “Have we a Government?” The conditions of affairs toward the close of [...]