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John Beatty, The Citizen-Soldier; or, Memoirs of a Volunteer, Introductory. (search)
Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 16 : Secession of Virginia and North Carolina declared.--seizure of Harper's Ferry and Gosport Navy Yard .--the first troops in Washington for its defense. (search)
Admiral David D. Porter, The Naval History of the Civil War., Chapter 2 : bombardment and fall of Fort Sumter .--destruction of the Norfolk Navy Yard by the Federal officers. (search)
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 74 (search)
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Poetry and Incidents., Volume 2. (ed. Frank Moore), chapter 199 (search)
Laconic correspondence.--Soon after the passage of the Virginia Ordinance of Secession, Governor Letcher sent the following despatch to the Mayor of Wheeling:
Richmond, April 20, 1861.
to Andrew Sweeney, Mayor of Wheeling:
Take possession of the custom-house, post-office, all public buildings, and public documents, in the name of Virginia.
Virginia has seceded. John Letcher, Governor.
Mayor Sweeney replied in the following laconic style:
Wheeling, April 21, 1861.
to John Letcher, Governor of Virginia:
I have taken possession of the custom-house, post-office, and all public buildings and public documents, in the name of Abraham Lincoln, President of the United States, whose property they are. Andrew Sweeney, Mayor of Wheeling.
The correspondence here closed.
Mayor Sweeney continued to hold possession of the Federal property until the organization of the new State Government at Wheeling.
Governor Letcher made no further attempt to seduce him from hi
Benjamnin F. Butler, Butler's Book: Autobiography and Personal Reminiscences of Major-General Benjamin Butler, Chapter 4 : the call for troops. (search)
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 1: The Opening Battles. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Preface 3.1 : the Federal Navy and the South (search)
James Barnes, author of David G. Farragut, Naval Actions of 1812, Yank ee Ships and Yankee Sailors, Commodore Bainbridge , The Blockaders, and other naval and historical works, The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 6: The Navy. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Naval chronology 1861 -1865 : important naval engagements of the Civil war March , 1861 -June , 1865 (search)
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 8: Soldier Life and Secret Service. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Marshaling the Federal army (search)
The Photographic History of The Civil War: in ten volumes, Thousands of Scenes Photographed 1861-65, with Text by many Special Authorities, Volume 10: The Armies and the Leaders. (ed. Francis Trevelyan Miller), Chapter 6 : Federal armies, Corps and leaders (search)