Correspondence, 1860-01-01 - 1860-12-31
File — Box: 1, Folder: 2
Scope and Contents
Folder two contains letters and documents from 1860 including reports from officers stationed in forts in and around Charleston harbor (SC). The primary subjects of correspondence include military preparedness, general defenses, and vulnerabilities of the various forts. Some documents show early Confederate preparations for attacking Fort Sumter, which at that point remained in possession of the United States. This folder also includes applications for the South Carolina state militia from veterans of the Mexican War (1846-1848); an important letter from Robert W. Barnwell who was a United States and Confederate senator from South Carolina; a recommendation for two Citadel cadets; and details of a donation of books to the library of the military school.
Dates
- 1860-01-01 - 1860-12-31
Extent
From the Collection: 125 Item (1 Box, 10 folders)
Language of Materials
English
- 1st Regiment, South Carolina Artillery. Lafayette Artillery Company
- Anderson, Robert, Major, 1805 - 1871
- Arsenal Academy (Columbia, S.C.)
- Barnwell, Robert Woodward, 1801-1882
- Citadel. the Military College of South Carolina
- Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 2nd
- DeSaussure, Wilmot G. (Wilmot Gibbes), 1822-1886
- Dunovant, R. G. M. (Richard Gill Mills), 1821-1898
- Easterly, John M.
- Fort Palmetto
- Gist, William Henry, 1807 - 1874
- Gwynn, Walter, 1802-1882
- Hayne, Paul Hamilton, 1830-1886
- Hernandez, James. J.
- Huguenin, Thomas Abram, 1839-1897
- Limehouse, Edward Just, 1835-1910
- Louisiana--New Orleans
- Magrath, A. G. (Andrew Gordon), 1813-1893
- Manigault, Edward, 1817-1874
- Memminger, C. G. (Christopher Gustavus), 1803-1888
- Myers, Abraham C. (Abraham Charles Myers), 1811 - 1889
- Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863
- Pickens, F. W. (Francis Wilkinson)
- Pope, Joseph James, Jr.
- Rivers, Constant Henry, Lieutenant Colonel, 1828-1900
- Schnierle, John, 1808 - 1861
- Smith, Robert P.
- South Carolina--Charleston
- South Carolina--Charleston County
- South Carolina--Charleston Harbor
- South Carolina--Charleston--Castle Pinckney
- South Carolina--Charleston--Fort Sumter
- South Carolina--Columbia
- South Carolina--Fort Johnson
- South Carolina--Fort Moultrie
- South Carolina--Morris Island
- South Carolina--Orangeburg County
- South Carolina--Summerville
- Stevens, Peter F. (Peter Fayssoux Stevens), 1830-1910
- Thomas, John P., 1833-1912
- United States. Army. South Carolina Regiment
Creator
- From the Collection: Jamison, D. F. (David Flavel), 1810-1864 (Person)
- From the Collection: Keitt, Lawrence M. (Lawrence Massillon), 1824-1864 (Correspondent, Person)
- From the Collection: Barnwell, Robert Woodward (Correspondent, Person)
Repository Details
Part of the Washington and Lee University, University Library Special Collections and Archives Repository
