Correspondence

Containers:

Box 1, Folder 4

Scope and content:

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.

Names:

South Carolina--Charleston
Floating batteries
Siege of Sevastopol' (Sevastopol', Ukraine : 1854-1855)
South Carolina. Militia
South Carolina. General Assembley
Confederate States of America. War Department
Confederate States of America
Alabama--Montgomery
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 10th
South Carolina--Georgetown
South Carolina--Fort Moultrie
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 2nd
South Carolina--Santee River
South Carolina--Murrells Inlet Region
Waccamaw Light Artillery
South Carolina--Little River
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 7th
South Carolina Militia. Regiment, Thirty-third
South Carolina--Morris Island
South Carolina--Sullivans Island
South Carolina--Mars Bluff
South Carolina--Florence
South Carolina--Richmond
North Carolina--Wilmington
Confederate States of America. Ordnance Bureau
Parrott gun
South Carolina--Charleston Harbor
Washington Fire Company
German Rifle Company
South Carolina--Fort Johnson
South Carolina--Charleston--Castle Pinckney
South Carolina--Cummings Point
Virginia--Richmond
Tredegar Iron Works (Richmond, Va)
White Point Garden
Citadel. the Military College of South Carolina
J. M. Eason & Brother
Atlantic Ocean--Winyah Bay
Palmetto Armory
South Carolina--Beaufort
Lufburrow and Timmons co.
R&J Lacklison
A. N. Miller
Linville & Smedley
Watervilet Arsenal
U. S. Arsenal
South Carolina--State Arsenal
South Carolina Coast Police
Arsenal Academy (Columbia, S.C.)
Virginia--Petersburg
Louisiana--New Orleans
Coles Island
Florida--Pensacola
Hazard Powder Company
Charleston Arsenal
Schooner Stowell Cobb
Schooner Helene
Schooner Petrel
Schooner William Aiken
General Clinch (Ship)
Steam Tug Aid
Catawba (ship)
South Carolina--Charleston
Floating batteries
Siege of Sevastopol' (Sevastopol', Ukraine : 1854-1855)
South Carolina. Militia
South Carolina. General Assembley
Confederate States of America. War Department
Confederate States of America
Alabama--Montgomery
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 10th
South Carolina--Georgetown
South Carolina--Fort Moultrie
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 2nd
South Carolina--Santee River
South Carolina--Murrells Inlet Region
Waccamaw Light Artillery
South Carolina--Little River
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 7th
South Carolina Militia. Regiment, Thirty-third
South Carolina--Morris Island
South Carolina--Sullivans Island
South Carolina--Mars Bluff
South Carolina--Florence
South Carolina--Richmond
North Carolina--Wilmington
Confederate States of America. Ordnance Bureau
Parrott gun
South Carolina--Charleston Harbor
Washington Fire Company
German Rifle Company
South Carolina--Fort Johnson
South Carolina--Charleston--Castle Pinckney
South Carolina--Cummings Point
Virginia--Richmond
Tredegar Iron Works (Richmond, Va)
White Point Garden
Citadel. the Military College of South Carolina
J. M. Eason & Brother
Atlantic Ocean--Winyah Bay
Palmetto Armory
South Carolina--Beaufort
Lufburrow and Timmons co.
R&J Lacklison
A. N. Miller
Linville & Smedley
Watervilet Arsenal
U. S. Arsenal
South Carolina--State Arsenal
South Carolina Coast Police
Arsenal Academy (Columbia, S.C.)
Virginia--Petersburg
Louisiana--New Orleans
Coles Island
Florida--Pensacola
Hazard Powder Company
Charleston Arsenal
Schooner Stowell Cobb
Schooner Helene
Schooner Petrel
Schooner William Aiken
General Clinch (Ship)
Steam Tug Aid
Catawba (ship)
Pickens, F.W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869
White, E. B. (Edward Brickell), 1806-1882
Davega, Columbus, 1830-1882
de Treville, Richard, Sr., 1801-1874
Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
Hardee, William Joseph, 1815-1873
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Keitt, Lawrence M. (Lawrence Massillon), 1824-1864
Henning, Norman Phillip
Daggett, Thomas West, Captain, 1828-1893
Litchfield, John L., Captain
Austin, Charles
Harllee, W. W. (William Wallace), 1812-1897
Gwynn, Walter, 1802-1882
Manigault, Gabriel E. (Gabriel Edward), 1833-1899
Lynch, Arthur M.
Crawford, Samuel Wylie, 1827-1892
Lafar, John J., 1797-1873
Martin, Robert
Hagood, Johnson, 1829-1898
Lee, Francis D., 1826-1885
Glaze, William, 1815-1883
Henerey, William S.
Cameron, Archibald, 1813-1881
Lynch, Thomas M.
Pickens, F.W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869
White, E. B. (Edward Brickell), 1806-1882
Davega, Columbus, 1830-1882
de Treville, Richard, Sr., 1801-1874
Cooper, Samuel, 1798-1876
Scott, Winfield, 1786-1866
Hardee, William Joseph, 1815-1873
Buchanan, James, 1791-1868
Keitt, Lawrence M. (Lawrence Massillon), 1824-1864
Henning, Norman Phillip
Daggett, Thomas West, Captain, 1828-1893
Litchfield, John L., Captain
Austin, Charles
Harllee, W. W. (William Wallace), 1812-1897
Gwynn, Walter, 1802-1882
Manigault, Gabriel E. (Gabriel Edward), 1833-1899
Lynch, Arthur M.
Crawford, Samuel Wylie, 1827-1892
Lafar, John J., 1797-1873
Martin, Robert
Hagood, Johnson, 1829-1898
Lee, Francis D., 1826-1885
Glaze, William, 1815-1883
Henerey, William S.
Cameron, Archibald, 1813-1881
Lynch, Thomas M.

Access and use