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28 January 1861
Porter, N. B., fl. 1861
to Governor Francis W. Pickens
South Carolina senate confirmation for cavalry officers William De Saussure and Nathan G. Evans.
GLC09195
12 February 1861
Sears, Thomas, fl. 1861
Two Virginians offer to fight in the army of South Carolina, which had already seceded, "to show to the Rest that we are sincere in what we say and in the cause of... the Southern confederacy." With an autograph endorsement by Pickens.
GLC09196
Pickens, Francis Wilkinson, 1805-1869
to the House of Representatives
Informs the legislature of J. W. Hayne's confidential mission to negotiate with Buchanan over the right to reinforce Fort Sumter. "The letter of the President...asserts in plain terms, his right to send reinforcements, and I cannot disconnect this...
GLC09197
15 March 1861
to L. P. Walker
South Carolina Army units to be received into the Provisional Confederate Army. The "Convention...shall adopt the necessary ordinance for their transfer to the Confederate States. They will...be fully prepared & equiped to serve the country at any...
GLC09198
30 March 1861
Potter, J. Sturgis, fl. 1861
A Boston entrepreneur suggests that machinery for knitting hosiery be adapted to cotton thread. "All of the labor except a man to manage the carding machines, could be better done by female slaves than any other. There is a cotton factory in your...
GLC09199
30 April 1861
Beauregard, G.T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
General Beauregard supports Colonel R. W. Habersham's submitted plan for enlisting planters' help to provide grain and hay for army livestock. "I think the above suggestions of Col. Habersham of so much importance, that I have the honor to enclose...
GLC09200
29 June 1861
to Colonel Richard H. Anderson
Detailed instructions on how he expects Colonel Anderson to command the defense of the Charleston harbor. "If any great emergency should arise, I am determined to hold this fortress at all hazzards, as it is the key of the harbor, and is essential...
GLC09201
30 June 1861
to Captain Stephen Dill Lee
Writes about sending troops to Virginia. "Capt. Walker has a company of about seventy-five men who are prepared as he says to be mustered into service...to fill up the vacancies in the 7th Regt...you are authorized to furnish them with the ordinary...
GLC09202
18 June 1861
Alston, Charles Jr., fl. 1861
Informs Governor Pickens that his constituents believe too many troops have been sent to Virginia, leaving the seacoast vulnerable. Senator Alston says "something ought to be done for our own Sea Board for they do not think that the troubles of...
GLC09203
13 June 1861
Manigault, Gabriel E., fl. 1861
Suggests furnishing privateers with captured guns. "Frequent applications are made at the Ordnance Office by persons wishing to fit out privateers, for guns to arm their vessels...this is one of the most economical and effectual modes of carrying on...
GLC09204
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