{"id":11127,"date":"2021-02-12T05:30:01","date_gmt":"2021-02-12T11:30:01","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dotcw.com\/?p=904"},"modified":"2021-02-12T05:44:16","modified_gmt":"2021-02-12T11:44:16","slug":"operations-in-florida-34","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/operations-in-florida-34\/","title":{"rendered":"Meanwhile, at Ft. Pickens.\u2014Lt. A. J. Slemmer.\u2014Operations in Florida"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"slemmer_a_j\"FORT PICKENS, FLA., February <\/em>12, 1861.<\/p>\n

Hon. J. HOLT, \u00a0 Secretary of War:<\/em><\/p>\n

SIR: Since the departure of Lieutenant Gilman as special messenger for Washington nothing of special interest has transpired. I am continuing the defenses, mounting guns on the ramparts, and blocking up the casemate embrasures. Having observed a battery in course of erection upon which they were mounting heavy guns, 8-inch columbiads, and as this battery would rake two bastions and the connecting curtains of this fort, I addressed the following note to Colonel Chase:<\/p>\n

\n

FORT PICKENS, FLA., February <\/em>11, 1861.<\/p>\n

Col. WM. H. CHASE, Commanding the Forces of Florida:<\/em><\/p>\n

SIR: I observe you are erecting and arming battery west of the light-house. I deem it my duty to protest against its further continuance, and also of all batteries which may bear on Fort Pickens.<\/p>\n

I am, sir, very respectfully, your most obedient servant,<\/p>\n

A. J. SLEMMER,
\nFirst Lieutenant, First Artillery, Commanding.<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

To which I received the following satisfactory reply:<\/p>\n

\n

HEADQUARTERS PENSACOLA DISTRICT,
\nFebruary <\/em>12, 1861.<\/p>\n

Lieut. A. J. SLEMMER, Commanding Fort Pickens:<\/em><\/p>\n

SIR: I have this moment received your letter of the 11th instant. I am determined to make good the assurances that I have given, that no attack shall be made on Fort Pickens, and to discontinue all preparations for one, as stated in my letter to Capt. S. Barren, dated January 29. I do not consider the erection of batteries on this side as aiming at an attack on Fort Pickens; but, desiring to avoid all actual or implied preparations for an attack, I will give orders for the discontinuance of the erection of the battery.<\/p>\n

I am, very respectfully, your obedient servant,<\/p>\n

WM. H. CHASE,
\nColonel, Commanding Forces of Florida, &c.<\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n

I have the honor to be, sir, very respectfully, your most obedient servant,<\/p>\n

A. J. SLEMMER,
\nFirst Lieutenant, First Artillery.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

FORT PICKENS, FLA., February 12, 1861. Hon. J. HOLT, \u00a0 Secretary of War: SIR: Since the departure of Lieutenant Gilman as special messenger for Washington nothing of special interest has transpired. I am continuing the defenses, mounting guns on the ramparts, and blocking up the casemate embrasures. Having observed a battery in course of erection […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[41],"class_list":{"0":"post-11127","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","6":"category-war-of-the-rebellion-a-compilation-of-the-official-records-of-the-union-and-confederate-armies","7":"tag-operations-in-florida"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11127","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11127"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11127\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11127"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11127"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11127"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}