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Eric | December 31, 2010
Monday, December 31, 1860; New Years Eve The Ex-Secretary of War John Floyd found himself apologizing to President Buchanan. This apology was ignored, but his resignation was accepted. Buchanan declined Floyd’s offer to stick around until a successor arrived, noting in his reply to Floyd that Postmaster General Joseph Holt would be taking his seat. [...]
Eric | December 27, 2010
Thursday, December 27, 1860 President Buchanan had promised South Carolina that Major Anderson would make no hostile movements. He had even agreed (or at least accepted) that Anderson wouldn’t so much as shuffle troops from one fort to another. So what was that American flag flying over Fort Sumter all about? Why was Moultrie smoldering? [...]
Eric | December 26, 2010
Wednesday, December 26, 1860 Though the weather was still cold, rainy and foggy, Major Anderson decided now to enact his plan. By mid-morning, the troops at Fort Moultrie were loading food – a lot of food – onto boats. It was thought that their destination was Fort Johnson where the women and children were to [...]
Eric | December 25, 2010
Tuesday, December 25, 1860; Christmas Day President Buchanan had just gotten wind of Secretary of War Floyd’s possible plot to arm the South by using Northern arsenals and was horrified. It’s no wonder that he was, with everyone and their brother telegraphing Washington to figure out why.1 It was likely that Buchanan would be lumped [...]
Eric | December 22, 2010
Saturday, December 22, 1860 For the preceding two nights, two steam ships from Charleston were seen in the harbor around Forts Sumter and Moultrie as well as Castle Pickney. When called out to, asking what they wanted, the reply was “You shall see in a week.” Captain John Foster of the Engineer Corps stationed at [...]
Eric | December 21, 2010
Friday, December 21, 1860 The news of secession reached across the eastern continent by morning. In Richmond, the Daily Dispatch reported that a Palmetto flag “of light ground, with a Palmetto tree in the centre of it, arched over by a galaxy of fifteen stars, indicating the Union of the Slave States, and a rattlesnake [...]
Eric | December 11, 2010
Tuesday, December 11, 1860 In the fear that he would be acting without official orders, Major Anderson requested that Major Buell commit to writing the message that came from Secretary of War Floyd. Buell, who had spent the past two days at the Charleston defenses assessing the situation, agreed to put to paper what Floyd [...]
Eric | December 9, 2010
Sunday, December 9, 1860 At Fort Moultrie in Charleston Harbor, Major Richard Anderson related his latest predictions to Adjutant General Samuel Cooper in Washington DC. Fort Sumter, on a man-made island a mile or so southwest of Fort Moultrie and three miles east of Charleston was the South Carolinians’ goal. In previous letters, Anderson had [...]
Eric | December 7, 2010
Friday, December 7, 1860 Abraham Lincoln, on June 16, 1858, delivered one of the most famous speeches in American history. From then on, it was known as “The House Divided Speech.” This speech would become a foundation for his debates against Stephen Douglas for the Illinois Senate race (which Douglas won). The “house” was the [...]
Eric | December 2, 2010
Sunday, December 2, 1860 Major Anderson, commanding the handful of men at the forts in Charleston Harbor, updated Washington on the progress of the defenses. Castle Pinckney was under the command of Captain Foster. He told a few people in Charleston that he would soon be putting his men to work, repointing the brickwork, digging [...]
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