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CONTENTS.
CHAPTER I.
Presidential election, and its effects on the people,..
Bank suspension, and meeting of Congress,...
Opening prayer in the House,.
South,......
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12
.14
.15
President Buchanan's Message read to both Houses, and transmitted
The Union-saving committee of thirty-three organized,.
.17
.19
Resignation of Howell Cobb, and his letter to the people of Georgia,....20
Exciting cabinet meeting at Washington in regard to Fort Moultrie.
The President's opposition, and resignation of Secretary Cass,.. 22, 23
Exciting letter from the wife of an officer at Moultrie,.
.24
CHAPTER II.
The United States forces in the Southern States, and resignation of Secre-
Robbery of the Indian Trust Fund bonds, in the Department of the Inte-
rior,...
Caleb Cushing returns from South Carolina,...
28
30
Evacuation of Fort Moultrie,....
.32
Description of Fort Sumter, and officers of the garrison,.
34
Exciting session of the cabinet, and demands of the South Carolina com-
missioners,...
.35
Seizure of the slaver Bonita,.
..37
Senator Benjamin's great secession speech in the United States Senate,..38
Senator Baker, of Oregon, replies to Senator Benjamin,..
Secretary of the Interior resigned,...
.40
41
CHAPTER III.
An imaginary battle at Harper's Ferry,..........
The Star of the West fired into in Charleston harbor,.
.42
43
Resignation of Secretary Thomas, and withdrawal of Southern senators,.44
Abraham Lincoln, President elect, left Harrisburg, secretly, for Wash-
Southern side of the question reviewed, with comments,.
..65
Great mass-meeting of the citizens at Savannah,......
.74
Resignation of Senator Chesnut, of South Carolina, and exciting street-
meeting in Columbia,.....
.75
Resignation of Senator Hammond, and enthusiastic meeting in Charles-
.76
ton,.
Grand gathering of citizens of Charleston to inaugurate the revolu-
Response of the Governor of Texas to the people's call for an extra ses-
sion of the legislature,. . . .
82
Letter written by Brigadier-General Semmes to the people of Georgia,..83
Fiery declaration of Governor Wise,..
The position of the people of Texas,....
Ministers engaged in the cause of treason,..
Meeting of the South Carolina convention,.
Passage of the secession ordinance...
.84
..86
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.88
..90
The "Minute-men" of Norfolk to South Carolina, greeting,......
.91
Grand demonstration in honor of the secession of South Carolina
throughout the Southern States,...
.92
Meeting of the South Carolina convention at Charleston,.......
..93
Major Anderson's removal from Fort Moultrie to Sumter,.
Governor Hicks refuses to convene the legislature of Maryland,.
94
.........95
CHAPTER VI.
Resignation of Floyd, seizure of government property, shipments of
arms to the South, etc.,.
..98
South Carolina convention passed an ordinance to define and punish
treason,
.101
Treasonable conduct of Secretaries Thompson and Toucey,.....
.103
Major Anderson's action in reference to the firing into the "Star of the
The people of South Carolina demand the surrender of Fort Sumter,...107
An attempt to assassinate the President elect in Baltimore,....
...109
CHAPTER VII.
The treason of General Twiggs,.
Concentrating troops at Charleston, and preparing for the conflict,..
Military called out in Washington, to protect the Capitol; - oath of
115
120
Great excitement in the North in consequence of the news from Charles-
131
The President's proclamation calling for troops,.
134
The Governor of Massachusetts calls out the Third, Fourth, Sixth and
The adoption of a "daughter" by the Sixth Regiment,.
146
Arrival of different companies, presentation of the color, and departure
Presentation of the flag and patriotic speech by Governor Andrew,.
Arrival of the Sixth and Fourth Regiments in New York,.............
Harper's Ferry arsenal destroyed by Lieut. Jones,...
.152
.155
156
The Massachusetts Sixth Regiment assailed by a mob in its passage
through Baltimore,.
.157
Correspondence between Governor Andrew and Mayor Brown, of Bal-
timore, in reference to the Massachusetts dead at Baltimore,.
List of the wounded,...
..162
164
The President issued a proclamation declaring a blockade of secession
ports,....
...166
Correspondence between Governor Hicks and Governor Sprague, ......167
Departure of the celebrated Seventh Regiment, of New York, for Wash-
ington,......
.169
Great rejoicing at the South over the secession of Virginia,...
..172
Railroad bridges burned,..
.173
Gosport navy yard destroyed, to prevent its falling into the hands
of the secessionists,..
A letter giving a description of the destruction of the navy yard, by a
soldier at Fortress Monroe,...
The Fifth Regiment called out-
-
..175
- their departure for the seat of war,....177
Departure of the Eleventh, Twelfth, and Sixth New York Regiments,
- also the Rhode Island First,..
.180