Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 . ^ ™ •?•x •?? :*?JW!wSr.. NEW YORKHARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS FRANKLIN SQUARE 1876 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by HARPER & BROTHERS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. INTRODUCTION. Now that the prejudices and bitter partisan feel-ing of the past are subsiding, it seems a fitting timeto record the facts and incidents connected with thefirst conflict of the Rebellion. Of the eleven officerswho took part in the events herein narrated, but fournow survive. Before the hastening years shall
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Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 . ^ ™ •?•x •?? :*?JW!wSr.. NEW YORKHARPER & BROTHERS, PUBLISHERS FRANKLIN SQUARE 1876 Entered according to Act of Congress, in the year 1875, by HARPER & BROTHERS, In the Office of the Librarian of Congress, at Washington. INTRODUCTION. Now that the prejudices and bitter partisan feel-ing of the past are subsiding, it seems a fitting timeto record the facts and incidents connected with thefirst conflict of the Rebellion. Of the eleven officerswho took part in the events herein narrated, but fournow survive. Before the hastening years shall havepartially obliterated many circumstances from mymemory, and while there is still an opportunity forconference and friendly criticism, I desire to make, from letters, memoranda, and documents in my pos-session, a statement which will embody my own rec-ollections of the turbulent days of 1860 and 1861. I am aware that later and more absorbing eventshave caused the earlier struggles of the war to re-cede in the distance; but those who were in activelife at that time w