March 14, 1861; The Charleston Mercury A close observation with the aid of a large glass, shows that the parapet guns facing Fort Moultrie have been concentrated on the east face of this work, to bear on Coming’s Point; it is possible, however, that some of these could be brought to bear in the direction [...]

March 14, 1861; The Charleston Mercury The first war vessel put afloat by South Carolina since the War of Independence, 1776. This vessel was bought by Gov. PICKENS at Richmond, and altered for service, armed with twenty four pounders, and regularly equipped. She started last night on the harbor defence, with her compliment of enlisted [...]

Tuesday.–Now this, they say, is positive: “Fort Sumter is to be released and we are to have no war.” After all, far too good to be true. Mr. Browne told us that, at one of the peace intervals (I mean intervals in the interest of peace), Lincoln flew through Baltimore, locked up in an express [...]

March 13, 1861; The New York Herald Before the accession of the Lincoln administration the black republican journals, the Tribune more especially, devoted the greater portion of their time to abusing Mr. Buchanan, whom they accused of cowardice in the matter of the Southern confederacy. Mr. Buchanan, said these sanguinary persons, should proceed at once [...]

March 13, 1861; The New York Herald The question as to the evacuation or reinforcement of Fort Sumter has been decided by the Cabinet. The fort is to be evacuated, and peace will this be preserved. The order for the evacuation has not as yet been despatched to Major Anderson, but it will be, we [...]

March 13, 1861; The New York Herald WASHINGTON, March 8, 1861. The first levee of President Lincoln was given at the White House tonight. It was a monster gathering. The oldest frequenters of the Executive mansion declare that they do not recollect ever to have seen so many people pass through the House at any [...]

March 13, 1861; The New York Herald CHARLESTON, March 9, 1861. There are many of your city papers which profess to have correspondents in Charleston, but it is very clear to any one actually in our city that such is not really the case. Your paper is one of the few that will publish the [...]

March 13, 1861, Dallas Herald We tender our thanks to Lieut. Miller, of Lancaster, for the present of the United States Flag, the genuine Stars and Stripes, taken at Camp Cooper, at the time of the surrender of that post to the State troops. This was the first flag surrendered to the State of Texas, [...]

March 12, 1861; The New York Herald WASHINGTON, March 11, 1861. An official letter from Major Anderson, received on Saturday, says he had only fifteen days subsistence and wood. The question has therefore risen with the administration whether a reinforcement shall be attempted or the fort abandoned. The latter course, it is thought, will be [...]

March 12, 1861, Arkansas Daily True Democrat (Little Rock) We extract from a private letter, just received from Brazos San Diego, Texas, the following extract. The writer is a member of a military company, recently organized at Galveston, for the purpose of assisting in the capture of the forts now occupied by the federal troops [...]

March 12, 1861; The Charleston Mercury It will gladden the heart of every resistance man in the South to know that the Hon. JOHN M. DANIEL, of fearless soul and pen of might, is at his old post again in the Richmond Examiner – a paper which he established in 1850 or 1851, and made [...]

March 12, 1861; The New York Herald To The Editor Of The Herald. On Saturday last the newspaper correspondents and telegraph operation at Washington gave out the story that Fort Sumter was speedily to be evacuated. This piece of startling intelligence, disseminated far and wide by the winged telegraph, created universal astonishment. Coming, as the [...]

March 12, 1861; The New York Herald The latest official accounts from Fort Sumter state that the garrison is reduced to fifteen days provisions. The all important question of the day, therefore, is Shall Fort Sumter be reinforced or evacuated? Upon this question the Cabinet at Washington, and the republican Senators, held long and anxious [...]

March 12, 1861; The Charleston Mercury WASHINGTON, March 11. – Noon. – Despatches received this morning from Fort Sumter have alarmed the Administration. It is understood that Major ANDERSON intimates that his position begins to be rather precarious – that he cannot be reinforced, and that his short stock of provisions precludes the hope of [...]

March 12, 1861; The Charleston Mercury Messrs. McCARTER & DAWSON send us a little manual, just published, which, we think, will be found valuable to military men. It is called the “Science of War,” and is a judicious compilation of tactics for officers of infantry, cavalry and artillery. The book was compiled by L.V. BUCKHOLTZ, [...]

March 12, 1861, Arkansas Daily True Democrat (Little Rock) We copy from the South Western Democrat resolutions passed by the general council of the Choctaw Nation. We are glad to see our neighbors taking such a bold and manly position, and think that some of our own people might learn a lesson from them. The [...]

March 12, 1861 The Confederate States of America Commissioners Forsyth and Crawford send a sealed request for a meeting with Secretary of State Seward for the purpose of presenting their credentials as representatives of a foreign government and to make overtures for the opening of negotiations between the CSA and the USA.

March 11th.–In full conclave to-night, the drawingroom crowded with Judges, Governors, Senators, Generals, Congressmen. They were exalting John C. Calhoun’s hospitality. He allowed everybody to stay all night who chose to stop at his house. An ill-mannered person, on one occasion, refused to attend family prayers. Mr. Calhoun said to the servant, “Saddle that man’s [...]

General Scott’s reply to Lincoln’s letter of March 9 . March 11, 1861 Fort Sumter. The President has done me the honor to address to me certain professional questions, to which he desires answers. I proceed with them categorically. “1. To what point of time can Major Anderson maintain his position, at Fort Sumter, without [...]

March 11, 1861; The Charleston Mercury A large crowd assembled on Friday evening, in 17th street, opposite the old Market, headed by SMITH’S band. They pulled down stars and stripes” and run up in place of it the secession flag to the music of the Marseilles Hymn. Speeches were made and great enthusiasm manifested. On [...]

March 11, 1861; The New York Herald WASHINGTON, March 10, 1861. Political circles were feverishly excited today by a report that the evacuation of Forts Sumter and Pickens had been determined upon in the Cabinet meeting last night. Although nobody could give any positive authority for this exciting fever of news it yet obtained general [...]

March 11, 1861; The Charleston Mercury Our Washington Correspondence. WASHINGTON, March 7. Every tongue is busy commenting on the inaugural. The papers are filled with quotations giving the opinions of the press in all directions. There is little agreement except in this–that all coincide as to the fact that it either means war or it [...]

March 11, 1861; The New York Herald Great excitement was created in Washington city yesterday by a report generally circulated that at a Cabinet council on Saturday night it had been determined to remove the troops from the Southern forts, as to reinforce them would cause an immense loss of life, and greatly aggravate the [...]

March 11, 1861; The Charleston Mercury Our Montgomery Correspondence. MONTGOMERY, March 7, 1861. The developments for the last several days are of an unimportant character in political circles, the Administration appointments at Washington being about such as were very generally anticipated, and for which the public mind was prepared. Congress is busily engaged on the [...]