The Rebellion Record – A Diary of American Events; by Frank Moore
    

A Diary of American Events – January 29, 1861

–The United States revenue cutter Robert McClelland, Captain Breshwood (a Virginian), was surrendered at New Orleans to the State of Louisiana.–Times, Feb. 8.

–Secretary Dix’s dispatch to Hemphill Jones, to “shoot on the spot” any one who attempts to “haul down the American flag” caused great enthusiasm.–(Doc. 28.)

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