Correspondence

Containers:

Box 1, Folder 3

Scope and content:

Folder three contains correspondence from January 1861. The primary correspondence is to and from Jamison and include military application letters and reports on surveys, maintenance, and activity taking place within the forts of Charleston harbor. Some of these letters contain Confederate plans for attacking Fort Sumter, two of which propose poisoning the water and attacking directly by fortified raft. A highlight is a letter from Senator Henry M. Rice of Minnesota to South Carolina senator James Chestnut on South Carolina's secession and Rice's opposition to war. Another curious letter included in this folder explores the unique story of a civilian Irish laborer, Patrick Quinn, who was employed and living within Fort Sumter before its bombardment and his brother Thomas who was a member of the South Carolina militia and seeking to have his brother leave the fort.

Names:

Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 1st. Irish Volunteers
Planter's Hotel
Citadel. the Military College of South Carolina
Georgia Military Institute (Marietta, Ga.)
State Rights and Free Trade Party (S.C.)
South Carolina--Charleston County
South Carolina--Morris Island
South Carolina--Charleston--Fort Sumter
South Carolina--Charleston--Castle Pinckney
Mississippi--Jackson
National Hotel (Washington, D.C.)
Morris Island Lighthouse (S.C.)
Vigilant Rifle Company (1860-1861)
Charleston (South Carolina) German Artillery
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 2nd
Washington Light Infantry (Charleston, S.C.)
Atlantic Ocean--Stono Inlet
Confederate States of America. South Carolina Artillery Regiment, 1st.. Lafayette Artillery Company
South Carolina--Charleston Harbor
South Carolina--Charleston
Georgia--Macon
Nullification (States' rights)
South Carolina--Fort Moultrie
South Carolina--Fort Johnson
South Carolina--James Island
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 4th
White Point Garden
South Carolina--Folly Island (Island)
South Carolina--Cummings Point
South Carolina Militia. Regiment, Thirty-third
South Carolina--Sullivans Island
Washington (South Carolina) Artillery
Alabama--Tuscaloosa
West Point Foundry Association
Fort Palmetto
Washington (D.C.)
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Regiment of Rifles, 1st. Company G
Schooner Petrel
Lightship Rattlesnake Shoal
Floating batteries
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 1st. Irish Volunteers
Planter's Hotel
Citadel. the Military College of South Carolina
Georgia Military Institute (Marietta, Ga.)
State Rights and Free Trade Party (S.C.)
South Carolina--Charleston County
South Carolina--Morris Island
South Carolina--Charleston--Fort Sumter
South Carolina--Charleston--Castle Pinckney
Mississippi--Jackson
National Hotel (Washington, D.C.)
Morris Island Lighthouse (S.C.)
Vigilant Rifle Company (1860-1861)
Charleston (South Carolina) German Artillery
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 2nd
Washington Light Infantry (Charleston, S.C.)
Atlantic Ocean--Stono Inlet
Confederate States of America. South Carolina Artillery Regiment, 1st.. Lafayette Artillery Company
South Carolina--Charleston Harbor
South Carolina--Charleston
Georgia--Macon
Nullification (States' rights)
South Carolina--Fort Moultrie
South Carolina--Fort Johnson
South Carolina--James Island
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 4th
White Point Garden
South Carolina--Folly Island (Island)
South Carolina--Cummings Point
South Carolina Militia. Regiment, Thirty-third
South Carolina--Sullivans Island
Washington (South Carolina) Artillery
Alabama--Tuscaloosa
West Point Foundry Association
Fort Palmetto
Washington (D.C.)
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Regiment of Rifles, 1st. Company G
Schooner Petrel
Lightship Rattlesnake Shoal
Floating batteries
Burnett Rhett, Andrew, 1833-1879
Burnett, Burgh S.
Manget, Victor H., 1837-1919
Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863
Myers, Abraham C. (Abraham Charles Myers), 1811 - 1889
Branch, John Luther, 1825-1894
Pickens, F.W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869
Camden, John
Spratt, L.W. (Leonidas William), 1818-1903
Manigault, Edward, 1817-1874
D. B. Vincent
Simonton, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829-1904
Mills, S. S.
Branham, W. H.
Gwynn, Walter, 1802-1882
Simons, James, 1813-1879
Dunovant, R. G. M. (Richard Gill Mills), 1821-1898
Ripley, R. S. (Roswell Sabine), 1823-1887
Dozier, William Gaillard, 1833-1908
Cunningham, John, 1805-1869
Carter, W. D.
Aldrich, N., Reverend
King, Henry Campbell, 1819-1862
Pope, Joseph James, Jr., 1825-1870
Gist, States Rights, 1831-1864
Meyerhoff, B., Lieutenant
White, E. B. (Edward Brickell), 1806-1882
McLaws, Lafayette, 1821-1897
Trapier, James H., 1815-1865
Jamison, Sander Glover, 1830-1900
Ferguson, Thomas B., 1841-1922
Rose, James
Foster, John G. (John Gray), 1823-1874
Walter, George H.
Orr, James Lawrence, 1822-1873
Parrott, R. P. (Robert Parker), 1804-1877
Gibbon, John, 1827-1896
Clay, C. C. (Clement Claiborne), 1816-1882
Lynah, Arthur M.
Lesesne, Henry Deas, 1810-1886
Heyward, Nathaniel Barnwell, 1816-1891
Short, Emanuel
Guard, A.C.
Bryan, Edward B.
Vanderhorst, Louis M., 1832-1864
Martin, William E.
Screven, John H., 1823-1903
Capers, Francis W., 1819-1896
Hamilton, James
Farley, H. S.
Yates, Joseph A.
Gourdin, Robert N., 1812-1894
Macbeth, Charles, 1805-1881
Rice, Henry M. (Henry Mower), 1816-1894
Chesnut, James, 1815-1885
Baker, Edward Dickinson, 1811-1861
Quinn, Thomas, 1828-1903
Quinn, Patrick, 1822-1886
Brady, Edward W., Jr.
DeSaussure, Wilmot G. (Wilmot Gibbes), 1822-1886
Burnett Rhett, Andrew, 1833-1879
Burnett, Burgh S.
Manget, Victor H., 1837-1919
Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863
Myers, Abraham C. (Abraham Charles Myers), 1811 - 1889
Branch, John Luther, 1825-1894
Pickens, F.W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869
Camden, John
Spratt, L.W. (Leonidas William), 1818-1903
Manigault, Edward, 1817-1874
D. B. Vincent
Simonton, Charles H. (Charles Henry), 1829-1904
Mills, S. S.
Branham, W. H.
Gwynn, Walter, 1802-1882
Simons, James, 1813-1879
Dunovant, R. G. M. (Richard Gill Mills), 1821-1898
Ripley, R. S. (Roswell Sabine), 1823-1887
Dozier, William Gaillard, 1833-1908
Cunningham, John, 1805-1869
Carter, W. D.
Aldrich, N., Reverend
King, Henry Campbell, 1819-1862
Pope, Joseph James, Jr., 1825-1870
Gist, States Rights, 1831-1864
Meyerhoff, B., Lieutenant
White, E. B. (Edward Brickell), 1806-1882
McLaws, Lafayette, 1821-1897
Trapier, James H., 1815-1865
Jamison, Sander Glover, 1830-1900
Ferguson, Thomas B., 1841-1922
Rose, James
Foster, John G. (John Gray), 1823-1874
Walter, George H.
Orr, James Lawrence, 1822-1873
Parrott, R. P. (Robert Parker), 1804-1877
Gibbon, John, 1827-1896
Clay, C. C. (Clement Claiborne), 1816-1882
Lynah, Arthur M.
Lesesne, Henry Deas, 1810-1886
Heyward, Nathaniel Barnwell, 1816-1891
Short, Emanuel
Guard, A.C.
Bryan, Edward B.
Vanderhorst, Louis M., 1832-1864
Martin, William E.
Screven, John H., 1823-1903
Capers, Francis W., 1819-1896
Hamilton, James
Farley, H. S.
Yates, Joseph A.
Gourdin, Robert N., 1812-1894
Macbeth, Charles, 1805-1881
Rice, Henry M. (Henry Mower), 1816-1894
Chesnut, James, 1815-1885
Baker, Edward Dickinson, 1811-1861
Quinn, Thomas, 1828-1903
Quinn, Patrick, 1822-1886
Brady, Edward W., Jr.
DeSaussure, Wilmot G. (Wilmot Gibbes), 1822-1886

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