Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 . vePreparations.— Changes in the Cabinet.—Meades Defection.—Anecdote of Governor Pickens. — Battery at Cummings Point.—Soldiers Families Removed.—A Threatening Letter.—ConfederateVisitors to the Fort. — Organization of the Confederate Govern-ment 107 CHAPTER IX. THE CRISIS AT HAND. South Carolinas Grievances.—Inauguration of President Lincoln.—Determination to Re-enforce Sumter.—An Audacious Proposal.—The Shannon.—New Rebel Batteries Unmasked.—Formal Noticeof Bombardment 123 CHAPTER X. THE BOMBARDMENT. The First Shot.—Defective Guns.—John
Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 . vePreparations.— Changes in the Cabinet.—Meades Defection.—Anecdote of Governor Pickens. — Battery at Cummings Point.—Soldiers Families Removed.—A Threatening Letter.—ConfederateVisitors to the Fort. — Organization of the Confederate Govern-ment 107 CHAPTER IX. THE CRISIS AT HAND. South Carolinas Grievances.—Inauguration of President Lincoln.—Determination to Re-enforce Sumter.—An Audacious Proposal.—The Shannon.—New Rebel Batteries Unmasked.—Formal Noticeof Bombardment 123 CHAPTER X. THE BOMBARDMENT. The First Shot.—Defective Guns.—John Carmodys Exploit.—De-structive Effects of the Bombardment.—Burning of the OfficersQuarters. —Terrific Conflagration 143 1* io CONTENTS. CHAPTER XL THE EVACUATION. Senator Wigfalls Volunteer Mission.—Terms of Evacuation Settled.—The Question of Casualties on the Other Side.—Salute to theFlag.—Occupation of the Fort by Southern Troops.—Embarka-tion.—Welcome in New York.—Conclusion Page 161 Appendix 179. PS o PQPS?<W 13OHCO Hi-lPS«1Wo pqO P< a BEMINISCENCES OF FORTS SUMTER AND MOULTRIE IN 1860-61. CHAPTEE I. FOST MOULTRIE IN 1860. The Garrison of Fort Moultrie.—Early Indications of Secession.—Situation of the Fort.—Edmund Ruffin and Robert Barnwell Rhett.—The Secretary of War.—Arms sent to the South.—Colonel Gard-ner.—Captain Foster ordered to Charleston Harbor.—The Officersat Fort Moultrie. — Communications with Northern Men by Ci-pher.—Proscription of Antislavery Men in Charleston.—Position ofCharleston Merchants.—The Secession Leaders only prepared toresist Coercion.—The Mob proves unmanageable.—General ScottsLetter to the President, October 29.—The Situation in November.—No Instructions from Washington.—Colonel Gardners Report toGeneral Wool. The summer of 1860 found me stationed at thehead-quarters of the First United States Artillery atFort Moultrie, South Carolina. I was captain of
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