The Charleston Mercury April 26, 1861 LATEST by TELEGRAPH.—THE WAR NEWS. GREAT EXCITEMENT IN WASHINGTON.—LINCOLN AND HIS CABINET IN A FRIGHT. ALEXANDRIA, April 25.—The Government at Washington has taken possession of the telegraph office, and no despatch for a Southern point is allowed to be sent off, unless it meets their approval. It was proposed [...]

The New York Herald April 27, 1861 Our advices yesterday with regard to affairs in Washington and vicinity were very conflicting. At one time it was stated that the Seventh regiment of this city and the Massachusetts Eighth regiment, from Annapolis, had arrived in the federal capital, as well as the New York regiments which [...]

April 26th – To-day I recognize Northern merchants and Jews in the streets, busy in collecting the debts due them. The Convention has thrown some impediments in the way; but I hear on every hand that Southern merchants, in the absence of legal obligations, recognize the demands of honor, and are sending money North, even [...]

April 26, 1861 Gov. Brown, of Georgia, issued a proclamation prohibiting the payment of debts due to Northern men. A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863

Civil War Portraits—Leaders, Influencers, and the Incidentally Important #008 “When all propositions of peace fail, and a war of aggression is proclaimed, there is but one course left for the patriot, and that is to rally under that flag which has waved over the Capitol from the days of Washington, and around the government established [...]

 Daily Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA), April 25, 1861 The war spirit manifested in our noble little parish is highly creditable to its patriotism. Recruiting goes on rapidly. The Pelican Rifles now overnumber the quota required to fill a company. And the Creole Guards will complete its ranks in a few days. Capt. Rauhman’s (German) company [...]

Arkansas True Democrat, April 25, 1861 Clarksville, Ark., April 20, 1861. Messrs. Editors: This has been a glorious day for Johnson county. By appointment the people from the country flocked into town in large numbers; the ladies were all out, the business houses were closed; in short, every body and his family were out to [...]

Richmond Dispatch, April 25, 1861 Town more quiet — Making tents — New Company — Drilling every night — Suspension of papers — Messenger from Harper’s Ferry — Arrest of a suspicious character, &c. Staunton, April 21. Our mountain town is more quiet since the leaving of the various volunteer companies of which I wrote [...]

Arkansas True Democrat, April 25, 1861 Norristown, Ark., April 16, 1861. The citizens of this and surrounding vicinity on hearing of the commencement of the contemplated and attempted reinforcement of Fort Sumter, and at the same time of its bombardment and fall into the hands of the Confederate States, met in mass meeting to give [...]

The Charleston Mercury, April 25, 1861 Since the foundation of the world, we do not suppose there has been a more wicked and causeless war than that proposed by the Northern upon the Southern States. The Southern States, in common, with the Northern States, won, by a seven years’ war, their independence of the British [...]

New York Herald, April 25, 1861 By the important telegraphic intelligence which we publish in our columns this morning, we are placed in possession of the startling fact that the federal capital on Tuesday afternoon was in peril of capture, owing to the fact that the expected reinforcements had not arrived from the North in [...]

Memphis Daily Appeal, April 25, 1861 Editors Appeal: We, the ladies of Germantown and vicinity, in consideration of the troubles that are brooding over our native land, have resolved to aid to the best of our ability our relatives and friends who shall engage in the approaching conflict. We, therefore, offer to the soldiers of [...]

April 25th – Ex-President Tyler and Vice-President Stephens are negotiating a treaty which is to ally Virginia to the Confederate States.

New York Herald, April 24, 1861 We have important news from Washington. Our own gallant Seventh regiment and the Massachusetts Eighth regiment are at last safely arrived in the national capital. Despatches to that effect were received in this city last night. Government has sent special messengers on here, urging the forwarding of troops as [...]

April 25, 1861 New York’s 7th Regiment arrives in Washington, having gone around Baltimore by boat. In a daring nighttime operation Illinois troops steam from Alton to St. Louis and remove 10,000 muskets with the help of federal troops in the armory. General Edwin Vose Sumner relieves Albert Sidney Johnston as Commander, Department of the [...]

The New York Herald April 24, 1861 It is fully time for President Lincoln to issue a proclamation to the country, explanatory of the principles upon which the war that has commenced will be carried on. Such a document is needed, in order to tranquilize the minds of Union loving citizens in the South, and [...]

 Daily Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA) April 24, 1861 East Baton Rouge, from present appearances, will furnish more than her quota of gallant men to defend the South from the Northern foe. There will be at least three full companies raised in the city of Baton Rouge alone, in addition to those that will be raised [...]

The New York Herald April 24, 1861 The United States steamer Corwin, under the command of Lieutenant F. M. Brasher, has been stationed in the Narrows; the Vixen, Lieutenant Phelps, at Throgg’s Neck, and the Bibb at the Kills, under the orders of the Surveyor, for the purpose of intercepting any suspicious vessels that may [...]

Semi-Weekly Raleigh Register North Carolina April 24, 1861 Two peculiar military companies are being organized at New Orleans—one, composed wholly of friends of the late General William Walker, is under the command of Major Thomas Dolan, of the Nicaraguan army. The other, made up of sportsmen and hunters, is termed the “Louisiana Guerillas.” The uniform [...]

 Daily Times (Leavenworth, KS) April 24, 1861 Fort Washita, C. N.,} March 31, 1861. } Editor Times: Since my last, I have not had an opportunity to inform you of the doings here, until to-day. Deputy Marshal Whiteside, and an escort of six U. S. troops from Fort Arbuckle, arrived here after an absence of [...]

The Charleston Mercury April 24, 1861 HEADQUARTERS FOR PROVISIONAL ARMY, WARRINGTON, (Fla.) April 20, 1861. In my last letter I reported to you that the mails were stopped to and from this place. I received my information from the Warrington Postmaster, who ought to be authority upon the subject. The information was partly true. The [...]

The New York Herald April 24, 1861 We see that the members of the New York Yacht Club are to hold a meeting today for the purpose of considering what action they can take in conjunction with all the other classes of patriotic citizens to aid the government in this present crisis. It strikes us [...]

The Charleston Mercury April 24, 1861 Wrong is always prolific. One usurpation produces another. When the President of the United States, under the authority of a mere Riot Act, usurped the power to call out seventy five thousand men to make war upon, and to conquer the people of seven sovereign States, it was clear [...]

 Daily Times (Leavenworth, KS) April 24, 1861 The German company originally organized as the “Citizens’ Guard,” have changed their title to “The Steuben Guard,” in remembrance of the revolutionary patriot of that name. The adopted citizens are zealous and earnest in their support of the government. And it is natural that they should be. If [...]