History of the Administration of President Lincoln: Including His Speeches, Letters, Addresses, Proclamations, and Messages. With a Preliminary Sketch of His Life |
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... forts in the harbor of Charleston . On the 20th the State of South Carolina passed the ordinance of secession , and on the 26th Major Anderson transferred his garrison from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter . On the 29th John B. Floyd ...
... forts in the harbor of Charleston . On the 20th the State of South Carolina passed the ordinance of secession , and on the 26th Major Anderson transferred his garrison from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter . On the 29th John B. Floyd ...
Page 65
... forts and other government property at Charleston to the authorities of South ... fort by South Carolina and the seizure of the arsenal at Charles- ton had ... Sumter , in violation , as he alleged , of the decision of the Cabinet . On ...
... forts and other government property at Charleston to the authorities of South ... fort by South Carolina and the seizure of the arsenal at Charles- ton had ... Sumter , in violation , as he alleged , of the decision of the Cabinet . On ...
Page 112
... forts in the South which remained in possession of the Union , were Forts Pickens , Taylor , and Jefferson on the Florida coast , and Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor , and pre- parations were far advanced for the reduction and capture ...
... forts in the South which remained in possession of the Union , were Forts Pickens , Taylor , and Jefferson on the Florida coast , and Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor , and pre- parations were far advanced for the reduction and capture ...
Page 122
... Fort Sumter " ( as it wa that it must soon be evacuated for lack of provision will agree that , in the mean time , you will not use y against us unless ours shall be employed against Fort we will abstain from opening fire upon you ...
... Fort Sumter " ( as it wa that it must soon be evacuated for lack of provision will agree that , in the mean time , you will not use y against us unless ours shall be employed against Fort we will abstain from opening fire upon you ...
Page 131
... Fort Sumter , I shall hold myself at liberty to repossess it , if I can , like places which had been seized before the Government was devolved upon me ; and in any event I shall , to the best of my ability , repel force by force . In ...
... Fort Sumter , I shall hold myself at liberty to repossess it , if I can , like places which had been seized before the Government was devolved upon me ; and in any event I shall , to the best of my ability , repel force by force . In ...
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