Correspondence

Containers:

Box 1, Folder 6

Scope and content:

Folder six contains documents and correspondence from April to December of 1861. Included in this folder are reports of the Provisional Army of the Confederate States after the attack on Fort Sumter assessing the fort's damage and detailing the evacuation of the United States soldiers stationed there during the siege. Other important documents include a contract for enlisted members of a South Carolina militia company of German immigrants; David F. Jamison's letter of resignation as South Carolina secretary of war, a South Carolina militia application for Mexican War veteran Jacob Valentine signed by fellow Mexican War veterans; and a diagram for attacking Fort Sumter submitted by an unknown northerner sympathetic to the Confederate cause

Names:

Confederate States of America. South Carolina Artillery Regiment, 1st.. Lafayette Artillery Company
South Carolina--Sullivans Island
German Rifle Company
South Carolina--Fort Moultrie
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 9th
Palmetto Riflemen
South Carolina--Secessionville
South Carolina--Morris Island
South Carolina--Myrtle Beach
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Regiment of Rifles, 1st
South Carolina--Charleston Harbor
South Carolina--Charleston
Confederate States of America. Army. Corps of Engineers
R & A.P. Caldwell
J. Campsen & Co.
South Carolina. Constitutional Convention
Ordnance of Secession
South Carolina--Columbia
South Carolina--Beaufort
South Carolina--Colleton County
South Carolina--Georgetown
Mexican War (1846-1848)
Battle of Churubusco (Mexico City, Mexico: 1847)
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 2nd
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 17th
South Carolina--James Island
Confederate States of America. South Carolina Artillery Regiment, 1st.. Lafayette Artillery Company
South Carolina--Sullivans Island
German Rifle Company
South Carolina--Fort Moultrie
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 9th
Palmetto Riflemen
South Carolina--Secessionville
South Carolina--Morris Island
South Carolina--Myrtle Beach
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Regiment of Rifles, 1st
South Carolina--Charleston Harbor
South Carolina--Charleston
Confederate States of America. Army. Corps of Engineers
R & A.P. Caldwell
J. Campsen & Co.
South Carolina. Constitutional Convention
Ordnance of Secession
South Carolina--Columbia
South Carolina--Beaufort
South Carolina--Colleton County
South Carolina--Georgetown
Mexican War (1846-1848)
Battle of Churubusco (Mexico City, Mexico: 1847)
Pennsylvania--Philadelphia
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 2nd
Confederate States of America. Army. South Carolina Infantry Regiment, 17th
South Carolina--James Island
Pope, Joseph James, Jr., 1825-1870
Small, Jacob, Captain
Gist, States Rights, 1831-1864
Dunovant, R. G. M. (Richard Gill Mills), 1821-1898
Ripley, R. S. (Roswell Sabine), 1823-1887
Anderson, Robert, Major, 1805 - 1871
Heinrich, Harms, 1833-1869
Rutledge, Benjamin Huger, 1828-1893
Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863
Gwynn, Walter, 1802-1882
Evans, Nathan George, 1824-1868
Pressley, John G. (John Gotea), 1833-1895
Foster, John G. (John Gray), 1823-1874
Doubleday, Abner, 1819-1893
Walker, Joseph, 1835-1902
Pickens, F.W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869
South Carolina Seccession Convention
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870
Porter, Wm. D. (William Dennison), 1810-1883
Simons, James, 1813-1879
Valentine, Jacob
Blanding, William D., 1818-1888
Bennett, J.
Motte Alston Pringle, Jacob, 1827-1886
Robertson, Louis F.
North, Edward
Moses, H.
Colcock, William Ferguson, 1804-1889
Cunningham, John
Martin, William Edward, 1815-1869
Lee, Francis D., 1826-1885
Trapier, James H., 1815-1865
Pope, Joseph James, Jr., 1825-1870
Small, Jacob, Captain
Gist, States Rights, 1831-1864
Dunovant, R. G. M. (Richard Gill Mills), 1821-1898
Ripley, R. S. (Roswell Sabine), 1823-1887
Anderson, Robert, Major, 1805 - 1871
Heinrich, Harms, 1833-1869
Rutledge, Benjamin Huger, 1828-1893
Pettigrew, James Johnston, 1828-1863
Gwynn, Walter, 1802-1882
Evans, Nathan George, 1824-1868
Pressley, John G. (John Gotea), 1833-1895
Foster, John G. (John Gray), 1823-1874
Doubleday, Abner, 1819-1893
Walker, Joseph, 1835-1902
Pickens, F.W. (Francis Wilkinson), 1805-1869
South Carolina Seccession Convention
Beauregard, G. T. (Gustave Toutant), 1818-1893
Simms, William Gilmore, 1806-1870
Porter, Wm. D. (William Dennison), 1810-1883
Simons, James, 1813-1879
Valentine, Jacob
Blanding, William D., 1818-1888
Bennett, J.
Motte Alston Pringle, Jacob, 1827-1886
Robertson, Louis F.
North, Edward
Moses, H.
Colcock, William Ferguson, 1804-1889
Cunningham, John
Martin, William Edward, 1815-1869
Lee, Francis D., 1826-1885
Trapier, James H., 1815-1865

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