. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment .. . n, and clearly foretold theevils that it would bring upon that section. But the fire-eaters, asthe radical disunionists were called, fired the Southern heart, and bythe most deceptive arguments and murderous browbeating all butfour of the slave States passed ordinances of secession and formed aSouthern Confederacy, with Jefferson Davis for president andAlexander H. Stevens for vice-president. The latter was a disciple ofCalhouns teachings, and he followed his State out of the Union.
. History of the Twenty-fourth Michigan of the Iron brigade, known as the Detroit and Wayne county regiment .. . n, and clearly foretold theevils that it would bring upon that section. But the fire-eaters, asthe radical disunionists were called, fired the Southern heart, and bythe most deceptive arguments and murderous browbeating all butfour of the slave States passed ordinances of secession and formed aSouthern Confederacy, with Jefferson Davis for president andAlexander H. Stevens for vice-president. The latter was a disciple ofCalhouns teachings, and he followed his State out of the Union. THE WAR BEGUN — UPRISING OF THE PEOPLE. Ere the conspirators in Washington had gone forth to organizesecession, the approaching storm became manifest by the seizure of unguarded forts in theseceding States. Onthe night of December26, i860, Major Ander-son transferred hiscommand of four scoremen from Fort Moul-trie to Fort Sumter,the strongest inCharleston Harbor,to the indignation ofall secessiondom. On March 4, 1861, Mr. Lincoln became President, and in his In your hands, not in The sfovernment will not. FORT SDMTKK- inaugural address thus assured the Southmine, is the momentous issue of civil war. 20 HISTORY OF THE TWENTY-FOURTH MICHIGAN. assail you ; you can have no conflict without being yourselves theaggressors. And such they became by firing upon the Nations flagand Major Andersons devoted band to prevent this half-starvedgarrison from receiving provisions. The first treasonable shot wasfired before daybreak of April 12, 1861, and on the following day,when all provisions were gone but half a barrel of pork, the fort wassurrendered to the thousands of traitors who assailed it. The patriotism of the North was powerfully aroused, and allloyal hearts throbbed at the thought that the secession traitors haddared to fire upon the flag and its defenders. There was a unity ofdetermination that the dastardly act should be avenged, and thePresidents call for troops filled every l
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