Tag Archives: Fort Sumter

and yet so far

Posted on November 8, 2013 by SUMPTER

Going on three years now Charleston and especially Fort Sumter have been hugely symbolic (New York City Republicans fired a “miniature Fort Sumter” at a Washington’s birthday celebration back in 1861). The Union has been banging away all year, but … Continue reading →

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new ironsides

Posted on September 30, 2013 by SUMPTER

From a Seneca County, New York newspaper in September 1863: ENSIGN BENJ. F. PORTER, of the New Ironsides, a young and promising officer, about whose daring courage so much has recently been told, has his home at Skaneateles. It seems … Continue reading →

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Emancipation: the Rebels Did It

Posted on January 9, 2013 by SUMPTER

150 years ago today a Richmond newspaper printed a document issued by Nathaniel Banks, commander of the Department of the Gulf, explaining the effect of President Lincoln’s Emancipation Proclamation on the people of Louisiana. From the Richmond Daily Dispatch January … Continue reading →

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Some Toughness in DC

Posted on April 15, 2011 by admin

The Surrender of Fort Sumter The Civil War Daily Gazette has a great piece on the April 14, 1861 surrender of Fort Sumter. My post on April 13th reproduced a New-York Times article that said that Fort Sumter had been … Continue reading →

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“Thank Heaven we have a Government.”

Posted on April 14, 2011 by admin

New York City: a Bulletin Board Reader “Read Himself Hoarse” From The New-York Times April 13, 1861 (The New York Times Archive): THE NEWS IN NEW-YORK. Yesterday was a day of excitements. Rumors apparently well grounded concerning the progress of … Continue reading →

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Seven Stars Over Sumter

Posted on April 13, 2011 by admin

From The New-York Times April 15, 1861 (The New York Times Archive): FORT SUMPTER EVACUATED.; FORT SUMPTER HAS SURRENDERED. CHARLESTON, via AUGUSTA, Saturday, April 13. The Confederate flag floats over its walls. None of the garrison or Confederate troops are … Continue reading →

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Rattlesnake Strikes

Posted on April 12, 2011 by admin

From The New-York Times April 13, 1861 (The New York Times Archive): THE WAR COMMENCED.The First Gun Fired by Fort Moultrie Against Fort Sumpter.; THE BOMBARDMENT CONTINUED ALL DAY. Spirited Return from Major Anderson’s Guns. The Firing from Fort Sumpter … Continue reading →

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Omen

Posted on April 5, 2011 by admin

LETTER FROM FORT SUMPTER. From a reliable correspondent at Fort Sumpter, the Philadelphia North American gathers the following particulars: “No order for the evacuation of the fort had reached there up to the 31st inst. On the previous Saturday, the … Continue reading →

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A Ninth Ward Republican

Posted on March 21, 2011 by admin

A few days ago Civil War Daily Gazette published a good article about President Lincoln determining the pros and cons of abandoning Fort Sumter. One of the arguments against giving up the fort was “The danger of demoralizing the Republican … Continue reading →

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A Coincidence

Posted on February 25, 2011 by admin

From an article in The New-York Times February 26, 1861 denying a rumor that Major Anderson was sick with fever (The New York Times Archive): A letter from a brother of Major ANDERSON to a gentleman in this City, mentions … Continue reading →

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