April 4, 1861; The Charleston Mercury WASHINGTON, April 1, 1861. Northern politicians, not bound hand and foot to the Abolition Juggernaut, begin to decry the indecisive policy of the LINCOLN Administration. It takes strong ground neither on one side nor the other. Cabinet councils are held, and the duration of their sittings is proclaimed with [...]

April 4, 1861; The New York Herald  WASHINGTON, April 3, 1861. At last the ball has opened. The corps of Sappers and Miners left here this morning, and today three of the batteries now in this city received orders to leave forthwith, all being required to report at Fort Hamilton, New York. That these troops [...]

April 4, 1861 Legislature of Kentucky ratified the amendment1 to the Federal Constitution passed by Congress.2 Virginia State Convention refused, by a vote 89 to 45, to submit a secession ordinance to the people. 2 A proposed 13th Amendment to the Constitution that was never ratified, the Corwin Amendment,  which would shield “domestic institutions” of [...]

April 3d,—Met the lovely Lucy Holcombe, now Mrs. Governor Pickens, last night at Isaac Hayne’s. I saw Miles now begging in dumb show for three violets she had in her breastpin. She is a consummate actress and he well up in the part of male flirt. So it was well done. “And you, who are [...]

April 3, 1861; Tri-Weekly Alamo Express (San Antonio) We wish our neighbor of the Herald to understand that ‘our flag’ is that glorious old banner invented by Washington, and raised in 1776 and confirmed by congress in 1777; that was carried triumphantly through three glorious wars and will continue to wave while a true American [...]

April 3, 1861; The New York Herald The struggle for supremacy, commercial and political, between the two confederacies, North and South, may be said to have fairly commenced, and we recognize the opening of the battle in three or four events which have come to pass within the last few days. First, in the inauguration [...]

April 3, 1861; The Charleston Mercury We understand the liberal supplies heretofore permitted to Major ANDERSON, will shortly be cut off. Yesterday a despatch was received from the Commissioners to Washington, advising a change of policy. In their opinion, no more roast beef–no more barrels of potatoes–in short, no more supplies of any description, should [...]

April 3, 1861; The Charleston Mercury The readers of THE MERCURY have already learned that the President has made a requisition upon Georgia for one thousand men, to serve in Florida. Already the note of preparation is sounding in many parts of that gallant State, but so far as our observation goes, the Augusta Volunteers [...]

April 3, 1861; Daily Advocate (Baton Rouge, LA)  Yesterday, the 2nd of April, the flag of the Confederate States of America was for the first time run up to the top of the flag staff at the Barracks at Baton Rouge. When it unfolded its gay colors to the soft April breeze, seven loud reports [...]

April 3, 1861; Tri-Weekly Alamo Express (San Antonio) The fashionable patriotism among secessionists is to claim the State in which they were born as their country. The great pity is, that this doctrine is only demonstrated by natives of the revolting States. By a review of the names of the conventionites or “Evergreens,” we see [...]

April 3, 1861 A “test vote” in the Virginia convention shows a 2-1 margin against secession (Union) Long cabinet meeting on the Fort Sumter business–great activity in the navy department.1 Rebel battery on Morris Island, Charleston Harbor, fired into a schooner.1 A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New [...]

April 2d.—Governor Manning came to breakfast at our table. The others had breakfasted hours before. I looked at him in amazement, as he was in full dress, ready for a ball, swallow-tail and all, and at that hour. “What is the matter with you?” “Nothing, I am not mad, most noble madam. I am only [...]

April 2, 1861; The New York Herald The election for State officers and members of Congress in Connecticut took place yesterday. From the returns published in another column it is pretty evident that the republicans have carried the State, and by an increased majority over the last election. Like several of his predecessors, President Lincoln [...]

April 2, 1861; The Charleston Mercury In passing by the jewelry store of Messrs. HAYDEN & WHILDEN yesterday evening, our attention was attracted by a splendid flag which has been made for the First Regiment of Infantry, Col. MAXCY GREGG, commanding. The ground is of blue silk, six and a half feet fly, and six [...]

April 2, 1861; The Spectator (Staunton, Virginia) Having steadfastly adhered to the doctrine that civil war, or danger of constant collision between the Border, Free and Slave States, could only be averted by a peaceful settlement in the Union of our present troubles, and that it was really the interest of the Border Slave States [...]

April 2, 1861; The Harrisburg Telegraph, Pennsylvania “There is scarcely an individual or an interest in any community throughout what is left of the Union and that portion which has placed itself in belligerent attitude to the prestige and power of the government, but what feels and is affected by the awful crisis which has [...]

April 2, 1861; The Charleston Mercury WASHINGTON, March 28, 1861. It is fair to assume that Mr. LINCOLN has no inclination to be separated from his party. His first act as President was to reiterate his adherence to the Chicago platform, and from then till now he has in everything paid homage to the Black [...]

April 2, 1861; The Charleston Mercury The military authorities about Charleston harbor have persistently refused facilities to the press of the city, always urging the importance of silence in reference to the state of the military preparations and defences. Although these are matters of great desire to our readers, and completely within our reach, yet [...]

April 2, 1861; The Charleston Mercury MONTGOMERY, March 29, 1861. Despatches from Washington to the State Department have been received today, containing an announcement that the Senate had adjourned. As they have come to no definite conclusion in regard to existing troubles between the two governments, it is supposed that the course pursued for the [...]

April 2, 1861; The Charleston Mercury We would call attention to the advertisement for proposals to supply the Postoffice Department with ‘Mail Bags,’ ‘Wrapping Paper,’ ‘Twine,’ ‘Wax,’ ‘Stamps,’ ‘Stamped Envelopes,’ ‘Printing Blanks,’ etc. Contractors will do well to look into the matter, as the time for receiving the offers is the 1st of May.

April 2, 1861; Memphis Daily Appeal (Memphis, TN), Died, on the 4th of March, 1861, UNCLE SAM, in the 85th year of his age. In chronicling the demise of Uncle Sam, we do so with a mixed emotion of sorrow and joy. His death was anticipated for some years, having fallen a victim to an [...]

April 1, 1861, The Charleston Mercury We have briefly indicated a few of the weighty reasons for the Confederate States rejecting all proffers of association with the anti-slavery States of the North, whether Eastern or Western. But many readers may suppose our apprehensions groundless, and our reasoning uncalled for and premature. To such we would [...]

April 1, 1861; The New York Herald Our despatches received on Saturday night announced that Mississippi and Texas had ratified and adopted the constitution framed in the Convention representing the seceded States, at Montgomery, Alabama. Five of the seven States have now ratified that instrument, and in the following order: Alabama……………. March 13, 186l 87 [...]

April 1, 1861 – U. S. Tariff Act went into operation.1 A Chronological History of the Civil War in America by Richard Swainson Fisher, New York, Johnson and Ward, 1863