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Eric | November 20, 2010
Tuesday, November 20, 1860 President Buchanan received the answer to the five questions he asked Attorney General Jeremiah Black on the 17th. The reply came in the form of a lengthy letter. Basically, the states were subject to the laws of the Federal government while they remained in the Union. The president had all rights [...]
Eric | November 19, 2010
Monday, November 19, 1860 Joseph H. Ribero, a 31 year old, fair skinned, free black man from Georgia and carpenter by trade, arrived via steamer at the port of Boston. In the month of October, Ribero told a slave that if Lincoln was elected, the slaves would be set free. Getting wind of this, vigilantes [...]
Eric | November 18, 2010
Sunday, November 18, 1860 Secession fever was rippling through the South. Georgia had the largest population in the lower south (505,000 free – 462,000 slave), so her decision on whether or not to secede was every bit as important as South Carolina’s. Henry Benning, a famous (though currently unemployed) Georgia politician and long time supporter [...]
Eric | November 17, 2010
Saturday, November 17, 1860 The demonstrations and flag waving continued in Charleston. It was reported by telegraph to Northern newspapers that the “flags were increasing bravely.” The paper continued, “In fact, so rapidly have representations of the Palmetto and ‘Lone Stars’ made their appearance on our thoroughfares, that we have been unable to keep up [...]
Eric | November 16, 2010
Friday, November 16, 1860 The Charleston Mercury reported under its headline “The Ball Rolls On” that The Clinch Rifles, a volunteer militia from Augusta, Georgia telegraphed the Washington Light Infantry (militia from Charleston), “We are ready to go with you.” Also, the Minute Men of Norfolk, Virginia had requested the pattern of a Palmetto Flag [...]
Eric | November 15, 2010
Thursday, November 15, 1860 Major Robert Anderson was ordered by Winfield Scott (commander of all the Federal forces) to Fort Moultrie in Charleston Harbor. Anderson was a capable officer, a veteran of the Mexican War and, at 57, seriously considering retirement. He was a former slave owner from Kentucky and married to the daughter of [...]
Eric | November 14, 2010
Wednesday, November 14, 1860 As times went on, the pull for secession increased. This is especially true in Charleston. On the 14th, The Philadelphia Pennsylvanian sent a series of telegraphs from the seaboard city to its base in Philly. The feeling of secession grows stronger. Many openly express the fear that Alabama or Georgia will [...]
Eric | November 13, 2010
Tuesday, November 13, 1860 Confusing reports from Charleston told of Fort Moultrie (on Sullivan’s Island at the mouth of the harbor), being seized by the Charleston Light Infantry. As it turned out, the Light Infantry was detailed by the city to guard the fort against the threat of a mob attempting to seize it.1 Making [...]
Eric | November 12, 2010
Monday, November 12, 1860 West Virginia wouldn’t become its own state (and then part of the Union) until the summer of 1863, however, its stripes were already showing. Preston County, just across the border of the Maryland panhandle, was in a quandary over where their allegiance should lie. Would they go with Virginia, should she [...]
Eric | November 11, 2010
Sunday, November 11, 1860 James Hammond, senior Senator from South Carolina was not one to be outdone. He was among the strongest supporters of the Southern way of life, slavery and secession. So when his state’s junior Senator, the moderate and former Unionist, James Chesnut resigned before he did, Hammond could not let that stand. [...]
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