. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . ristmas night,in 1860, and pulled away for Sumter, perched on its islet ofrocks a mile from shore, hoisted the Stars and Stripes, andthere, in spite of pitiful numbers, with a Southern-born soldierat its head, practically defied all South Carolina. The Star of the West had been loaded with soldiers andsupplies at Xew York, and sent to Sumters relief. ThenSouth Carolina, duly warned, had manned the guns of MorrisIsland and driven her back to sea. Not content with Carolina, the envy of an applauding sisterhood ofSouthern S
. The photographic history of the Civil War : in ten volumes . ristmas night,in 1860, and pulled away for Sumter, perched on its islet ofrocks a mile from shore, hoisted the Stars and Stripes, andthere, in spite of pitiful numbers, with a Southern-born soldierat its head, practically defied all South Carolina. The Star of the West had been loaded with soldiers andsupplies at Xew York, and sent to Sumters relief. ThenSouth Carolina, duly warned, had manned the guns of MorrisIsland and driven her back to sea. Not content with Carolina, the envy of an applauding sisterhood ofSouthern States, had planted batteries on every point withinrange of Sumter. All the North could see that its fate wassealed, and no one. when the 1st of April came, could say justhow the North would take it. The second week settled the question. With one accord,on April 12th, the Southern guns opened on the lone fortressand its puny force. The next day, with the flagstaff shot awayand the interior of the fort all ablaze, the casemates thick with ! m 7V//A VW/Ml n ^wR. THE FAMOUS NE^Y YORK SEVENTH, JUST AFTER REACHINGWASHINGTON IN APRIL, 1861 The first New York State militia regiment to reach Washington after President Lincolnscall for troops, April 15, 1861, was the Seventh Infantry. The best blood and mosthonored names in New York City were prominent in its ranks. It eventually supplied noless than 606 officers to the Union army. Veterans now hail it as the highest type of thecitizen soldiers who went to the front. The old armory at the foot of Third Avenue couldnot contain the crowds that gathered. At this writing (1911) it is just being Seventh left for Washington April 10, 1861, and as it marched down Broadwaypassed such a multitude of cheering citizens that its splendid band was almost unheardthrough the volume of applause. On April 24th the regiment reached Annapolis Junction,Maryland. On that and the day following, with the Eighth Massachusetts for company,it had t
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