Correspondence, 1861-02-01 - 1861-02-28
File — Box: 1, Folder: 4
Scope and Contents
Folder four contains documents and letters from February 1861 as Confederate South Carolinians prepared for an attack on Fort Sumter. The folder includes a letter from General Arthur Manigault South Carolina’s Ordnance Bureau urging that supplies be sent to the forts in Charleston harbor. Also included are numerous military reports related to the pending attack on Fort Sumter, placement of military regiments, and construction of forts and batteries. Other interesting contents from this folder include an application letter for South Carolina Confederate service from Columbus daVega, a Crimean war veteran; two letters pertaining to an enslaved man, Arthur or Thomas Lynch [also see folders three and five]; a letter from Laurence Keitt to David Flavel Jamison announcing the formation of the Confederate government.
Dates
- Majority of material found within 1861-02-01 - 1861-02-28
Extent
From the Collection: 125 Item (1 Box, 10 folders)
Language of Materials
From the Collection: English
- 33rd Regiment South Carolina Militia
- A. N. Miller
- Alabama--Montgomery
- American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
- Arsenal Academy (Columbia, S.C.)
- Atlantic Ocean--Winyah Bay
- Austin, Charles
- Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
- Cameron, Archibald, 1813-1881
- Catawba (ship)
- Charleston Arsenal
- Citadel. the Military College of South Carolina
- Coles Island
- Confederate States of America
- Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 10th
- Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 2nd
- Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 7th
- Confederate States of America. Ordnance Bureau
- Confederate States of America. War Department
- Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876
- Crawford, Samuel Wylie, 1827-1892
- Daggett, Thomas West, Captain, 1828-1893
- Davega, Columbus, 1830-1882
- Floating batteries
- Florida--Pensacola
- General Clinch (Ship)
- German Rifle Company
- Glaze, William, 1815-1883
- Gwynn, Walter, 1802-1882
- Hagood, Johnson, 1829-1898
- Hardee, William Joseph, 1815-1873
- Harllee, W. W. (William Wallace), 1812-1897
- Hazard Powder Company
- Henerey, William S.
- Henning, Norman Phillip
- J. M. Eason & Brother
- Jamison, D. F. (David Flavel), 1810-1864
- Keitt, Lawrence M. (Lawrence Massillon), 1824-1864
- Lafar, John J., 1797-1873
- Lee, Francis D., 1826-1885
- Linville & Smedley
- Litchfield, John L., Captain
- Louisiana--New Orleans
- Lufburrow and Timmons co.
- Lynch, Arthur M.
- Lynch, Thomas M.
- Manigault, Gabriel E. (Gabriel Edward), 1833-1899
- Martin, Robert
- North Carolina--Wilmington
- Palmetto Armory
- Parrott gun
- Pickens, F.W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869
- R&J Lacklison
- Schooner Helene
- Schooner Petrel
- Schooner Stowell Cobb
- Schooner William Aiken
- Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
- Siege of Sevastopol' (Sevastopol', Ukraine : 1854-1855)
- South Carolina Coast Police
- South Carolina--Beaufort
- South Carolina--Charleston
- South Carolina--Charleston Harbor
- South Carolina--Charleston--Castle Pinckney
- South Carolina--Cummings Point
- South Carolina--Florence
- South Carolina--Fort Johnson
- South Carolina--Fort Moultrie
- South Carolina--Georgetown
- South Carolina--Little River
- South Carolina--Mars Bluff
- South Carolina--Morris Island
- South Carolina--Murrells Inlet Region
- South Carolina--Richmond
- South Carolina--Santee River
- South Carolina--State Arsenal
- South Carolina--Sullivans Island
- South Carolina. General Assembley
- South Carolina. Militia
- Steam Tug Aid
- Tredegar Iron Works (Richmond, Va)
- U. S. Arsenal
- Virginia--Petersburg
- Virginia--Richmond
- Waccamaw Light Artillery
- Washington Fire Company
- Watervilet Arsenal
- White Point Garden
- White, E. B. (Edward Brickell), 1806-1882
- de Treville, Richard, Sr., 1801-1874
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, James G. Leyburn Library Special Collections and Archives Repository