New Haven Daily Palladium, April 29, 1861 The people of the North have heard so much of southern chivalry for many years, that they have been impressed, in a rather indefinite way it is true, with the idea that there is somewhere in the South, a very considerable amount of chivalry which would neither brook [...]

“The declaration of war made against this Confederacy by Abraham Lincoln, the President of the United States, in his proclamation issued on the 15th day of the present month, rendered it necessary, in my judgment, that you should convene at the earliest practicable moment to devise the measures necessary for the defense of the country.” [...]

Title: Washington Navy Yard. 1861 Creator(s): Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891, artist Date Created/Published: 1861. Medium: 1 drawing on green paper : pencil and Chinese white ; 15.3 x 23.4 cm. (sheet). Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-21400 (digital file from original item) LC-USZ62-775 (b&w film copy neg.) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Call Number: [...]

Alexander H. Stephens to R. Schleiden.[i] Richmond, Va., 26th April, ’61. My Dear Sir: Your very polite and kind note of this day is before me. The feelings and motives by which it was prompted I can readily understand and fully appreciate. For this reason as well as for the deep interest I can but [...]

The Senate, 1789-1989: Addresses on the History of the United States Senate1 In late April 1861, as the nation moved ever closer to civil war, Stephen A. Douglas delivered a powerful speech in support of the Union to his Illinois constituents. Earlier that month, the Union garrison at Fort Sumter had surrendered after two days [...]

(from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated History of the Civil War…, edited by Louis Shepheard Moat, Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York, 1895) “Colonel Wilson was among the first to offer his services to the government on the breaking out of the war. He recruited a regiment of nearly twelve ‘hundred men from the rowdy and [...]

Title: Elsworths [sic] Chicago Zouaves, 1861 Creator(s): Waud, Alfred R. (Alfred Rudolph), 1828-1891, artist Date Created/Published: 1861. Medium: 1 drawing on brown paper : pencil ; 25.0 x 34.9 cm. (sheet). Reproduction Number: LC-DIG-ppmsca-20834 (digital file from original item, recto) LC-DIG-ppmsca-20835 (digital file from original item, verso) Rights Advisory: No known restrictions on publication. Call [...]

Montgomery, Ala., Apr. 23, 1861. Dear Cobb, I recd, your letter by today’s mail. The troops of Geo. were sent to assist in taking Norfolk’s navy yard at the request of the govr. and convention of Va. Since that time the navy yard has been taken. The Govt, succeeded in sinking 8 or 10 public [...]

Columbiad guns of the Confederate water battery at Warrington, Fla. (entrance to Pensacola Bay), February 1861. Photographed by W. 0. Edwards or J. D. Edwards of New Orleans, La. 77-HL-99-1. National Archives Identifier: 519437 www.archives.gov/files/research/military/civil-war/photos/

Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War by Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry W. Alden; copyrighted 1866 by Harper and Brothers; 1894 by Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry W. Alden; 1894 by McDonnell Bros; pub. The Puritan Press Co.; Chicago, Illinois

Frank Leslie’s The Soldier in Our Civil War, Vol. I.; The Stanley Bradley Publishing Company, Incorporated.

Title Corporation of Richmond (Virginia), 1 dollar, 1861 Creation Date 1861 Edition Virginia, 1861 Description Printed on white paper in green and black ink. Images include green background pattern; a coat of arms; and a dog guarding a safe. Verso: blank. Materials/Techniques: ink on paper Materials/Techniques: paper Dimensions: 7.5 x 17 cm. Notes General: Note [...]

Luther Crawford Ladd (22 December 1843 – 19 April 1861) was a soldier in the Union Army who was killed during the Baltimore riot of 1861. He is often referred to as the first Union soldier killed in action during the American Civil War. Four days earlier, Private Daniel Hough became the first non-combat casualty [...]

Exhibition Label In response to President Abraham Lincoln’s call for 75,000 state militia in the wake of the Confederate bombardment of Fort Sumter, South Carolina, the Sixth Massachusetts Volunteer Militia arrived by train in Baltimore on April 19, 1861, en route to Washington for its defense. Their unannounced presence in the city drew the ire [...]

Frank Leslie’s The Soldier in Our Civil War, Vol. I.; The Stanley Bradley Publishing Company, Incorporated.

Engraving by F.O.C. Darley. Published by F.F. Walker (1861)

Thomas Nast “New Yorkers cheered and applauded as the Silk Stocking Regiment marched through the city. The line of march was a perfect ovation. Thousands upon thousands lined the sidewalks. It will be remembered as long as any of those who witnessed it live to talk of it, and beyond that it will pass into [...]

The map shows the Pratt Street railroad route taken by Union troops between Camden Street Station and President Street Station through Baltimore, Maryland on April 19, 1861. While enroute to Washington, D.C., the troops were attacked by Confederate sympathizers during the the Baltimore riot of 1861.

Note:  While the title in the referenced book is the same as one used in the May 4th, 1861 issue of Harper’s Weekly, the image used differs between the two. Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War by Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry W. Alden; copyrighted 1866 by Harper and Brothers; 1894 by Alfred H. [...]

(from Frank Leslie’s Illustrated History of the Civil War…, edited by Louis Shepheard Moat, Published by Mrs. Frank Leslie, New York, 1895) From the moment it became known that the pet regiment of New York, the gallant Seventh, was to be the first body of citizen soldiers to leave the city for the war the [...]

Title Corporation of Richmond (Virginia), 2 dollars, 1861 Author / Creator Hoyer & Ludwig, Richmond [producer] Creation Date 1861 Edition Virginia, 1861 Description Printed on white paper in red and black ink. Images include complex background pattern in red ink and a portrait of John Letcher. Verso: blank. Materials/Techniques: ink on paper Materials/Techniques: paper Dimensions: [...]

April 18, 1861, from S.S. Baltic off Sandy Hook, New York Telegram from Maj. Robert Anderson to Hon. Simon Cameron, Secretary, announcing his withdrawal from Fort Sumter, April 18, 1861 (National Archives Identifier: 594525); Records of the Adjutant General’s Office, 1780s-1917; Record Group 94; National Archives. Transcription (edited for readability) S.S.Baltic.off Sandy Hook Apr. eighteenth. [...]

Physical Descriptions Medium: illustrations (layout features) Item Location: Fort Sumter NM/Charles Pinckney NHS Curatorial Storage Facility, located at Charles Pinckney National Historic Site Box: Box 3 of 3 FOSU 19th c Illustrations Frank Leslie Harper’s Weekly London Times etc Drawer 1. Contributing Institutions Held By Fort Sumter and Fort Moultrie National Historical Park

Harper’s Pictorial History of the Civil War by Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry W. Alden; copyrighted 1866 by Harper and Brothers; 1894 by Alfred H. Guernsey and Henry W. Alden; 1894 by McDonnell Bros; pub. The Puritan Press Co.; Chicago, Illinois