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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 7: Secession Conventions in six States. (search)
rk for five hundred dollars. Colonel Jeff. Davis and Hon. Jacob Thompson have guaranteed the payment, in May or June, of twenty-five thousand dollars, for the purchase of arms. Message of Governor Pettus to the Legislature of Mississippi, January 15, 1861. Brown and Davis were members of the Senate of the United States, and left their seats because of the alleged secession of their State. Thompson had been a member of Buchanan's Cabinet until the day before the Mississippi Ordinance of Secece to make resistance, and if he had, he would rather lose his own life than to destroy the lives of his countrymen. He then said that he relinquished his authority to the representatives of the Sovereignty of Florida. --Pensacola Observer, January 15, 1861. At the same time Colonel Lomax and some men took possession of Fort Barrancas, and restored the disabled guns; and another party was soon afterward thrown into Fort McRee. Farrand, Renshaw, Randolph, and Eggleston had already sent their re
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 8: attitude of the Border Slave-labor States, and of the Free-labor States. (search)
dance with the decision of the Supreme Court of the United States; and also, that all denunciations of Slavery, as existing in the United States, and of our fellow-citizens who maintain that institution, and who hold slaves under it, are inconsistent with the spirit of brotherhood and kindness which ought to animate all who live under and profess to support the Constitution of the American Union. The newly elected Governor of Pennsylvania; Andrew G. Curtin, was: inaugurated on the 15th of January, 1861, and his address on that occasion resounded with the ring of the true metal of loyalty and positiveness of character, which he displayed throughout the war that ensued. He counseled forbearance, and kindness, and a conciliatory spirit; proposed the repeal of the Personal Liberty Act of that State, if it was in contravention of any law of Congress; and denounced the till wicked doings of the conspirators and their servants. Two days afterward, the Legislature, by resolutions, approve
Horace Greeley, The American Conflict: A History of the Great Rebellion in the United States of America, 1860-65: its Causes, Incidents, and Results: Intended to exhibit especially its moral and political phases with the drift and progress of American opinion respecting human slavery from 1776 to the close of the War for the Union. Volume I., Xxv. Peace Democracy—peace Conference. (search)
. No other successful party was ever before required, at such a moment, to surrender its principle, its consistency, its manhood, on peril of National disruption and overthrow. There was no concession from the other side — no real compromise-but a simple, naked exaction that the Republicans should stultify and disgrace themselves, by admitting that they were fundamentally wrong, and that, instead of electing their President,they should have been defeated. The Cincinnati Enquirer of January 15, 1861, has a letter from A Citizen of Highland County, which puts the case squarely thus: There is only one possible remedy which can save the country,and restore harmony and peace; and that is a total abandonment of the dogmas of Lincoln, and the adoption of another and opposite object- the recognition of the equality of all the States in the territories of the United States, and the strict enforcement of all the laws protecting and securing slave property under the Constitution. This
Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government, Appendix I (search)
their nature, susceptible of valuation in money, in the manner most usual, and upon the principles of equity and justice always recognized by independent nations, for the ascertainment of their relative rights and obligations in such matters. . . . Respectfully, your obedient servant, A. G. Magrath. To Hon. W. Hayne, special envoy from the State of South Carolina to the President of the United States. letters of Senators of seceding States to Hon. I. W. Hayne Washington City, January 15, 1861. Hon. Isaac W. Hayne. sir: We are apprised that you visit Washington, as an envoy from the State of South Carolina, bearing a communication from the Governor of your State to the President of the United States, in relation to Fort Sumter. Without knowing its contents, we venture to request you to defer its delivery to the President for a few days, or until you and he have considered the suggestions which we beg leave to submit. We know that the possession of Fort Sumter by troops
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Mississippi, (search)
delegates from eight States assemble at Vicksburg and consider reopening the slave-trade......May 11, 1859 Whitworth female college at Brookhaven opened and chartered......1859 By joint resolution the legislature directs the governor to appoint commissioners to the several slave-holding States, asking their co-operation in secession. Legislature adjourned......Nov. 30, 1860 State convention meets at Jackson, Jan. 7, 1861, passes an ordinance of secession, Jan. 9, 84 to 15......Jan. 15, 1861 Confederates occupy the unfinished fort on Ship Island, under construction since 1855......Jan. 20, 1861 State convention ratifies the constitution of the Confederate States......March 26, 1861 Town of Biloxi captured by Federal naval force under Capt. Melancthon Smith......Dec. 31, 1861 Confederate government removes the State archives from Jackson to Columbus for safety......June 16, 1862 Chief military operations in Mississippi during 1862 were as follows: General Beaur
Harper's Encyclopedia of United States History (ed. Benson Lossing), Pennsylvania, (search)
to the Pennsylvania Railroad Company for $7,500,000......July 31, 1857 State divided into twelve (afterwards thirteen) normal school districts......1857 Banks suspend specie payment......1857 First normal school in the State opened at Millersville......1859 First oil-well drilled in the United States by E. L. Drake, near Titusville; depth, 71 feet; yield, 1,000 gallons per day...... Governor Curtin's inaugural pledges the State to the national cause against secession......Jan. 15, 1861 Five companies of State troops (530 men) reach Washington, D. C., the first troops to arrive there for its defence, on the evening of......April 18, 1861 Camp Curtin established near Harrisburg......April 18, 1861 Governor Curtin calls an extra session of the legislature for......April 30, 1861 In anticipation of invasion, General Lee having crossed the Potomac into Maryland, Governor Curtin calls 50,000 volunteer militia to Harrisburg......Sept. 11, 1862 Confederate Gene
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 32 (search)
the United States. Very respectfully, Wm. Hemphill Jones, Special Agent. To Captain Breshwood. To this letter I never received any reply. I then repaired again on board the cutter, and asked for the order of the Collector bringing her to New Orleans. The original was placed in my possession, of which the following is a copy. And here it may be proper to observe, that the order is written and signed by the Collector himself: Custom House, New Orleans, Collector's office, Jan. 15, 1861. Sir: You are hereby directed to proceed forthwith under sail to this city, and anchor the vessel under your command opposite the United States Marine Hospital, above Algiers. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, F. H. Hatch, Collector. To Captain J. G. Breshwood, United States Revenue Cutter McClelland, Southwest Pass, La. Defeated at New Orleans, Mr. Jones then took his way to Mobile, to look after the Lewis Cass. Her Captain (Morrison) could not be found, but Mr. Jone
Frederick H. Dyer, Compendium of the War of the Rebellion: Battles, Florida, 1861 (search)
1861 Jan. 6: Seizure of U. S. Arsenal at AppalachicolaBy State Troops. Jan. 7: Seizure of Fort Marion, at St. AugustineBy State Troops. Jan. 10: Adoption of Secession OrdinanceBy State. Jan. 10: Transfer of U. S. TroopsFrom Barrancas Barracks to Fort Pickens. Jan. 12: Seizure of Barrancas Barracks, Forts Barrancas and McRae, and Navy Yard, PensacolaBy State Troops. Jan. 12: Surrender of Fort PickensDemanded. Jan. 14: Garrison of Fort Taylor, Key WestBy U. S. Troops. Jan. 15: Surrender of Fort PickensAgain demanded. Jan. 16: Action at Cedar KeysU. S. Navy. Jan. 18: Garrison of Fort Jefferson, TortugasBy U. S. Troops. Jan. 18: Surrender of Fort PickensDemanded for the third time. Feb. 6: Arrival off PensacolaOf U. S. S. "Brooklyn" with Reinforcements. April 17: Arrival at Fort PickensOf Reinforcements. Sept. 2: Destruction of Pensacola Navy YardBy Boats from U. S. Squadron. Sept. 14: Destruction of Privateer "Judah" near PensacolaBy Crew of U. S. Flagship "Colorado." Unio
Edward L. Pierce, Memoir and letters of Charles Sumner: volume 4, Chapter 44: Secession.—schemes of compromise.—Civil War.—Chairman of foreign relations Committee.—Dr. Lieber.—November, 1860– April, 1861. (search)
ything for which the South has contended. Within two weeks Mr. Adams, however, voted in committee against his two propositions when they came up again for final action, justifying his change of position on the ground that they had not been accepted as satisfactory by the recusant States; but they were carried in the committee against his negative vote. Journal of the Committee of Thirty-three. New York Tribune, Dec. 30 and 31, 1860; New York Herald, December 31; New York Evening Post, Jan. 15. 1861. Within three weeks from this action, he made a speech in the house, January 31, in which he returned to the support of the propositions he had offered and later rejected. Everett, Winthrop, and A. A. Lawrence, members of the Boston Union Committee, sat near Adams as he was speaking; and when he closed, Everett gave him congratulations and approval. Another hearer was Cassius M. Clay, who approved Adams's propositions in an address in Washington, January 26; New York Tribune, January
Thomas Wentworth Higginson, Massachusetts in the Army and Navy during the war of 1861-1865, vol. 2, chapter 4 (search)
tain, Dec. 17, 1863. Discharged (disability), Nov. 2, 1864. White, Samuel F. First Lieutenant, 42d Infantry, M. V. M., in service of the U. S., Sept. 16, 1862. Prisoner, Jan. 1, 1863. Exchanged, July 22, 1864. White, William. Second Lieutenant, 35th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 8, 1864. Mustered out, June 9, 1865. White, William A. Second Lieutenant, 27th Mass. Infantry, Sept. 17, 1862. Resigned, June 2, 1863. White, William F. Second Lieutenant, 7th Mass. Infantry, Jan. 15, 1861. Resigned, Nov. 6, 1861. White, William G. First Lieutenant, 12th Mass. Infantry, June 26, 1861. Killed in action at Antietam, Md., Sept. 17, 1862. White, William H. First Lieutenant, 22d Mass. Infantry, Oct. 1, 1861. Resigned, Nov. 7, 1862. White, William H. First Lieutenant, 1st Battalion Mass. Heavy Artillery, June 4, 1863. Discharged (disability), Sept. 30, 1864. Whiting, Joseph B. Second Lieutenant, 26th Mass. Infantry, June 3, 1863. Mustered out, Nov.
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