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Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States. (search)
a Spanish post. Jackson hastily enrolled 1,000 volunteers from Tennessee, and leaving Nashville January 22, 1818, marched to the frontier in Georgia, where he was joined by a body of Georgia militia and 500 United States troops. A little later, by treaty with the Creeks, he added to his force 2,000 Indians. He at once entered the Seminole country, driving their warriors before him and burning their villages. He appeared before the Spanish post, St. Mark's, and demanded its surrender April 7. Upon the refusal of the Spanish commander he took possession without resistance. Marching thence to Suwanee, he found that the Seminoles had evacuated the place and taken refuge in the swamps. Jackson then marched to Pensacola, the stronghold of Spain in Florida. The Spanish governor surrendered under protest May 24, and removed his troops to Havana. Placing Pensacola in charge of a garrison of United States troops, Jackson ordered General Gaines to seize St. Augustine. This last ord
Hon. J. L. M. Curry , LL.D., William Robertson Garrett , A. M. , Ph.D., Confederate Military History, a library of Confederate States Military History: Volume 1.1, Legal Justification of the South in secession, The South as a factor in the territorial expansion of the United States (ed. Clement Anselm Evans), The civil history of the Confederate States (search)
engagement. The commissioners confiding in these assurances awaited the action of the administration until, alarmed by the outfitting of a squadron in New York harbor, they again availed of the patriotic mediation of Justice Campbell on the 7th of April, and through him, even after the fleet was on its way to Charleston with instructions to reinforce peaceably or by force, they received from Mr. Seward the misleading message which has gone into history, Faith as to Sumter fully kept—wait and and land armaments in motion to subject the people of one portion of the land to the will of another portion. Judge Campbell also discovered his own embarrassed position at the same time the eyes of Crawford and Forsyth were opened. On the 7th of April, Mr. Seward had said to him: Faith as to Sumter fully kept—wait and see. On the next morning he read in the newspaper that a messenger from President Lincoln had already given notice to Governor Pickens, of South Carolina, that Fort Sumter w