Events Leading Up To The War

Events Leading Up to Secession

Kansas Troubles

The Ordinance of Secession

Transfer from Ft. Moultrie to Ft. Sumter Charleston Mercury Account - 28 DEC 1860 (text 3) A Peep at Fort Moultrie (text 3) The Occupation of Castle Pinckney (text 3)

Seizure of the Charleston Arsenal Charleston Mercury Account - 31 DEC 1860 (text 3)

Charleston Mercury Account - 8 JAN 1861 (text 5) New York Herald - 8 JAN 1861 (text 6) Secret Movement of United States Troops 9 JAN 1861 - Firing on the Star of the West
Charleston Mercury - 9 JAN 1861 (text 7) First Casualty of the War New York Herald - 9 JAN 1861 (text 8) The Events in Charleston Charleston Mercury - 10 JAN 1861 (text 8) Account of the 9th and 10th of January New York Herald - 10 JAN 1861 (text 9) How the North Perceived It. Charleston Mercury - 11 JAN 1861 (text 10) A View from Washington Charleston Mercury - 11 JAN 1861 (text 10) Military Arrivals and Movements Charleston Mercury - 11 JAN 1861 (text 11) New York Commentary on the Situation Slide show of Ft. Sumter early in the war

The Soldier's Relief Association

                              The Civil War in South Carolina
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