. CHARLESTON, S. C., January 1, 1861. What disposition shall I make of the detachment under my command? We are very unpleasantly situated here. F. C. HUMPHREYS, U. S. Army. Capt. WM. MAYNADIER, Charge of Ordnance Bureau. _________ ORDNANCE OFFICE, January 2, 1861. F. C. HUMPHREYS U. S. Arsenal, Charleston, S.C.: I want a report [...]
SAVANNAH, January 3, 1861 By direction of Captain Whiting, now on duty at Fort Clinch, I have to report that State troops left this morning for Fort Pulaski by order of Governor Brown. HERMANN HIRSCH, Clerk. Col R. E. DE RUSSY, Commanding Corps of Engineers.
[WASHINGTON], January 2, 1861. Hon. M. L. BONHAM, Charleston, S.C.: Holt succeeds Floyd. It means war. Cut off supplies from Anderson and take Sumter soon as possible. LOUIS T. WIGFALL.
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, January 2, 1861. Memorandum of arrangements ¹ Telegram sent to Mr. A. H. Schultz, 64 Cedar street, P.O. box 3462, New York City, that his propositions are entertained, and that a staff officer will be in the city to-morrow evening to conclude arrangements. Lieutenant-Colonel Thomas is directed, first, to satisfy [...]
SENATE CHAMBER, January 2, 1861. TO the SECRETARY OF WAR: SIR: We respectfully request you to inform us what is the numerical force of the troops now in garrison at the various posts in the State of Florida, and the amount of arms, heavy and small, and ammunition, fixed and loose, at the various forts [...]
WASHINGTON, D.C., January 1, 1861. To his Excellency the PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: SIR: We have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 30th December, in reply to a note addressed by us to you on the 28th of the same month, as Commissioners from South Carolina. In reference to [...]
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, December 31, 1860. Colonel DIMICK, or commanding officer, Fort Monroe: SIR: Prepare and put on board of the sloop-of-war Brooklyn, as soon as the latter can receive them, four companies, making at least two hundred men, destined to re-enforce Fort Sumter. Embark with said companies twenty-five spare stands of arms, [...]
CHARLESTON ARSENAL, S.C. December 31, 1860 SIR: I have the honor to submit the correspondence relative to the surrender of this post yesterday to the authorities of this State. Trusting that my course may meet the approval of the Department, I am, sir, very respectfully, F. C. HUMPHREYS, Military Storekeeper Ordnance, U. S. A. Capt. [...]
. WASHINGTON CITY, December 31, 1860. Hons. ROBERT W. BARNWELL, JAMES H. ADAMS, JAMES L. ORR: GENTLEMEN: I have had the honor to receive your communication of the 28th instant, together with a copy of your “full powers from the Convention of the People of South Carolina” authorizing you to treat with the Government of [...]
. CHARLESTON, S.C., December 30, 1860. SIR: This arsenal has to-day been taken by force of arms. What disposition am I to make of my command? F. C. HUMPHREYS. Capt. MAYNADIER, In charge of Ordnance Bureau.
WASHINGTON, December 30, 1860. The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: Lieutenant-General Scott begs the President of the United States to pardon the irregularity of this communication. It is Sunday; the weather is bad, and General Scott is not well enough to go to church. But matters of the highest national importance seem to forbid a [...]
WASHINGTON, December 29, 1860. LARZ ANDERSON, Esq., Cincinnati: SIR: General Scott has been hoping for two or three days to find himself well enough to answer your letter, but is too much prostrated by diarrhea. He has done everything in his power to support your brother in his command, repeating, with what effect remains to [...]
. CHARLESTON ARSENAL, S. C., December 29, 1860. Capt. WM. MAYNADIER, In charge of Ordnance Bureau, Washington, D.C.: SIR: I reported by telegraph on the 28th instant that this arsenal was surrounded by a body of South Carolina militia, and that myself and the command are not allowed to pass in or out without a [...]
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, December 28, 1860. Hon. D. L. YULEE, Senate: SIR: In answer to your letter of the 21st instant I have the honor to inclose to you a statement showing the names, rank, and pay, and emoluments of the officers of the United States Army appointed from Florida.* The contingent allowances for [...]
EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT, Charleston, December 28, 1860. Hon. D. F. JAMISON, President of the Convention : SIR: As the Convention sent for me yesterday, to be informed upon important business, I take the occasion to say that, under my order, Castle Pinckney was taken last evening, and the United States flag hauled down and the Palmetto [...]
CHARLESTON, December 28, 1860. Capt. WM. MAYNADIER, Ordnance Bureau: A body of South Carolina military now surround the arsenal outside, however of the inclosure, but denying ingress or egress without countersign. The officer in command disclaims any intention of occupancy, and the United States flag is undisturbed. I await instructions. F. C. HUMPHREYS.
. FORT SUMTER, S.C., December 28, 1860. (Received A. G. O., January 1, 1861.) Col. S. COOPER, Adjutant-General: COLONEL: I have the honor to send herewith a copy of a memorandum received to-day from the governor of South Carolina, in reply to a message from me, which shows that for the present we are treated [...]
WASHINGTON, December 28, 1860. The PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: SIR: We have the honor to transmit to you a copy of the full powers from the Convention of the People of South Carolina, under which we are “authorized and empowered to treat with the Government of the United States for the delivery of the [...]
FORT SUMTER, S.C., December 27, 1860. (Received A. G. O., December 31.) COLONEL: I had the honor to reply this afternoon to the telegram of the honorable Secretary of War in reference to the abandonment of Fort Moultrie. In addition to the reasons given in my telegram and in my letter of last night, I [...]
FORT SUMTER, S.C., December 27, 1860. Col. R. E. DE RUSSY, Commanding Corps of Engineers, U. S. Army, Washington, D.C.: COLONEL: I have the honor to report that yesterday evening Major Anderson removed his command from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter, leaving a guard with me, with orders to spike the guns, cut down the [...]
FORT SUMTER S. C., December 26, 1860—8 p.m. (Received A. G. O., December 29.) COLONEL: I have the honor to report that I have just completed, by the blessing of God, the removal to this fort of all of my garrison, except the surgeon, four non-commissioned officers, and seven men. We have one year’s supply [...]
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, December 21, 1860. Major ANDERSON, First Artillery, Commanding Fort Moultrie, S.C.: SIR: In the verbal instructions communicated to you by Major Buell, you are directed to hold possession of the forts in the harbor of Charleston, and, if attacked, to defend yourself to the last extremity. Under these instructions, you might [...]
SENATE CHAMBER, December 21, 1860. Hon. JOHN B. FLOYD, Secretary of War: SIR: You will oblige me by a statement of the officers connected with the Army of the United States who were appointed from Florida, their rank, and pay. Respectfully yours, D. L. YULEE.
FORT MOULTRIE, S. C., December 20, 1860. (Received A. G. O., December 24.) Col. S. COOPER, Adjutant-General: COLONEL: I had the honor to receive and to answer, at half past 1 o’clock this morning, a telegram from the honorable Secretary of War, dated the 19th instant. Captain Foster has, I presume, reported to the [...]
“I propose to connect a powerful Daniels battery with the magazine at Fort Sumter, by means of wires stretched across under water from Fort Sumter to Fort Moultrie, and to blow up Fort Sumter if it is taken by an armed force, and after Lieutenant Snyder and my men have time to escape from it.” [...]