. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . a; member of UnitedStates .Senate, 1847-51; Se-cretary of War in PresidentPierces Cabinet, 1853 - 57 ;member of the United StatesSenate and Cbairman of theCommittee on Military Af-fairs, 1857 to 1861; Presidentof the Southern Confederacy,February 18th, 1801 ; cap-tured by the Federal troops,May 10th, 1SG5, at Irwin-
. The soldier in our Civil War : a pictorial history of the conflict, 1861-1865, illustrating the valor of the soldier as displayed on the battle-field, from sketches drawn by Forbes, Waud, Taylor, Beard, Becker, Lovie, Schell, Crane and numerous other eye-witnesses to the strife . a; member of UnitedStates .Senate, 1847-51; Se-cretary of War in PresidentPierces Cabinet, 1853 - 57 ;member of the United StatesSenate and Cbairman of theCommittee on Military Af-fairs, 1857 to 1861; Presidentof the Southern Confederacy,February 18th, 1801 ; cap-tured by the Federal troops,May 10th, 1SG5, at Irwin-ulle. Go.; prisoner of war,1805-07, at Fortress Jlonroe,Virginia. After .his release lie visitedEurope, and on his returnhe took tin his residenco atMemphis, and became Pre-sident of the Carolina Life! iisn ranee Company. Uoafterward retired to hiscountry place at lieauvoir,Miss., were be wiote bis in-le in relation of the Civil War,tinder the title Kise andFall of the ConfederateStates, published in 1882 intwo large volumes. He isstill (1884) living in anil his name as his per-sonality is almost forgotten in the rapid progress toward prosperity enjoyed ami and hy wanton aggression onentered into by tho wiser and less bitter ot his which fact, ho claimed, 9 as Secretary of the Wavy; andJohn II. Reagan, of Texas, a?Postmaster - general After-ward, Judau P. Benjamin, ofLouisiana, was appointedAttorney-general; \\ B»wn, late of the Mutfitiglon Comtttutum, Assist-ant-Secretary of State, an (IPhilip Clayton, of Secretary of tinTreasury. EVACUATION OF tho movements inCharleston Harbor followingthe election of Mr. Lincolncommenced, Castle PincKnevand Fort Sumter were with- gorr ,irrn:i;*n\ davis. The letter, indeed, was unfinished; FortMoultrie was much out ofrepair. Its garrison consistedof two incomplete companiesof the regular artillery,numbering only seventy men,including n band ; all underthe command of ColonelGar
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