Correspondence

Containers:

Box 1, Folder 5

Scope and content:

Folder five contains documents and correspondence from March 1861. Included is another letter concerning an enslaved man, Arthur or Thomas Lynch [see folders three and four]; a detailed letter to South Carolina's governor Francis Pickens from Lucius Quinton Washington, a distant relative of George Washington, from Washington DC on the national political situation in the wake of President Abraham Lincoln's inaugural speech and including strategy and intelligence on Fort Sumter and Pensacola harbor (FL); a letter from Ellison Capers to D. F. Jamison on military arms; and Jamison's report from South Carolina's war department to Governor Pickens.

Language:

English

Names:

South Carolina--Charleston--Fort Sumter
South Carolina--Charleston
Fort Palmetto
South Carolina--Morris Island
United States. Army. South Carolina Volunteers, 1st (1862-1864)
Washington (D.C.)
Illinois--Springfield
"House Divided" speech
Indiana--Indianapolis
Lincoln's Indiannapolis speech
United States--New York Harbor
Florida--Fort Pickens
Pawnee (Ship)
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (Philadelphia, Pa.)
First inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
Florida--Pensacola
North Carolina--Fort Anderson
Virginia--Richmond
Virginia--Alexandria
North Island Redoubt
South Carolina--North Island
Brooks Guard
South Carolina--Winnsboro
Charleston Floating Battery
Washington Light Infantry (Charleston, S.C.)
Citadel. the Military College of South Carolina
South Carolina--State Arsenal
South Carolina--Fort Moultrie
South Carolina--Sullivans Island
South Carolina. Constitutional Convention
South Carolina Seccession Convention
South Carolina--Fort Johnson
South Carolina--Cummings Point
South Carolina--Breach Inlet
South Carolina--Coles Island
Battery Island
South Carolina--Mount Pleasant
South Carolina--James Island
South Carolina--Richmond
South Carolina--Charleston--Castle Pinckney
South Carolina. Militia. Regiment, Fifth
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 7th
Confederate States of America. Army. Corps of Engineers
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 2nd
Confederate States of America. South Carolina Artillery Regiment, 1st.. Lafayette Artillery Company
Atlantic Ocean--Stono Inlet
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
Maryland--Baltimore
South Carolina--Charleston--Fort Sumter
South Carolina--Charleston
Fort Palmetto
South Carolina--Morris Island
United States. Army. South Carolina Volunteers, 1st (1862-1864)
Washington (D.C.)
Illinois--Springfield
"House Divided" speech
Indiana--Indianapolis
Lincoln's Indiannapolis speech
United States--New York Harbor
Florida--Fort Pickens
Pawnee (Ship)
Philadelphia Naval Shipyard (Philadelphia, Pa.)
First inauguration of Abraham Lincoln
Florida--Pensacola
North Carolina--Fort Anderson
Virginia--Richmond
Virginia--Alexandria
North Island Redoubt
South Carolina--North Island
Brooks Guard
South Carolina--Winnsboro
Charleston Floating Battery
Washington Light Infantry (Charleston, S.C.)
Citadel. the Military College of South Carolina
South Carolina--State Arsenal
South Carolina--Fort Moultrie
South Carolina--Sullivans Island
South Carolina. Constitutional Convention
South Carolina Seccession Convention
South Carolina--Fort Johnson
South Carolina--Cummings Point
South Carolina--Breach Inlet
South Carolina--Coles Island
Battery Island
South Carolina--Mount Pleasant
South Carolina--James Island
South Carolina--Richmond
South Carolina--Charleston--Castle Pinckney
South Carolina. Militia. Regiment, Fifth
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 7th
Confederate States of America. Army. Corps of Engineers
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 2nd
Confederate States of America. South Carolina Artillery Regiment, 1st.. Lafayette Artillery Company
Atlantic Ocean--Stono Inlet
American Civil War (United States : 1861-1865)
Maryland--Baltimore
Washington Family
Washington Family
Lynch, Thomas M.
Anderson, Robert, Major, 1805 - 1871
Lynch, Arthur M.
Crawford, Samuel Wylie, 1827-1892
Hall, Norman J., 1842-1867
Pope, Joseph James, Jr., 1825-1870
Pickens, F.W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869
Gregg, Maxcy, 1814-1862
Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863
Rooney, M. E.
Washington, L. Quinton
Wigfall, Louis T. (Louis Trezevant), 1816-1874
Barbot, Anthony, 1834-1882
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872
Sherman, John, 1823-1900
Alston, Thomas Pinckney, 1795-1861
Kaminski, Heiman, 1839-1923
Norman, J. H. (James Henry), 1829-1877
Rion, James H. (James Henry), 1828-1886
Macbeth, E. W.
Gist, States Rights, 1831-1864
DeSaussure, Wilmot G. (Wilmot Gibbes), 1822-1886
Capers, Ellison, 1837-1908
Thomas, Captain
Arthur, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), Sr., 1826-1870
Gwynn, Walter, 1802-1882
Lee, Francis D., 1826-1885
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
Dunovant, R. G. M. (Richard Gill Mills), 1821-1898
Perryman, W. W. (William W.), 1831-1891
Brooks, John Hampden, Captain, 1833-1911
Huguenin, Thomas Abram, 1839-1897
Pundt, J. M.
Dupont, John
Foster, John G. (John Gray), 1823-1874
Melchers, Alexander, 1831-1885
Lynch, Thomas M.
Anderson, Robert, Major, 1805 - 1871
Lynch, Arthur M.
Crawford, Samuel Wylie, 1827-1892
Hall, Norman J., 1842-1867
Pope, Joseph James, Jr., 1825-1870
Pickens, F.W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869
Gregg, Maxcy, 1814-1862
Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863
Rooney, M. E.
Washington, L. Quinton
Wigfall, Louis T. (Louis Trezevant), 1816-1874
Barbot, Anthony, 1834-1882
Lincoln, Abraham, 1809-1865
Seward, William H. (William Henry), 1801-1872
Sherman, John, 1823-1900
Alston, Thomas Pinckney, 1795-1861
Kaminski, Heiman, 1839-1923
Norman, J. H. (James Henry), 1829-1877
Rion, James H. (James Henry), 1828-1886
Macbeth, E. W.
Gist, States Rights, 1831-1864
DeSaussure, Wilmot G. (Wilmot Gibbes), 1822-1886
Capers, Ellison, 1837-1908
Thomas, Captain
Arthur, B. F. (Benjamin Franklin), Sr., 1826-1870
Gwynn, Walter, 1802-1882
Lee, Francis D., 1826-1885
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
Dunovant, R. G. M. (Richard Gill Mills), 1821-1898
Perryman, W. W. (William W.), 1831-1891
Brooks, John Hampden, Captain, 1833-1911
Huguenin, Thomas Abram, 1839-1897
Pundt, J. M.
Dupont, John
Foster, John G. (John Gray), 1823-1874
Melchers, Alexander, 1831-1885

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