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The Daily Dispatch: December 31, 1860., [Electronic resource] 5 1 Browse Search
Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4. 1 1 Browse Search
The Daily Dispatch: January 26, 1861., [Electronic resource] 1 1 Browse Search
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Robert Underwood Johnson, Clarence Clough Buell, Battles and Leaders of the Civil War. Volume 4., The opposing land forces at Charleston, S. C. (search)
Brig.-Gen. A. H. Colquitt: [The troops of this command were drawn from other subdivisions and appear in the commands to which they properly belonged.] Fourth Subdivision (Fort Sumter), Col. Alfred Rhett, Maj. Stephen Elliott, Jr.: B, D, and E, 1st S. C. Art'y; B, 27th Ga.; F, 28th Ga. Castle Pin(kney and Fort Ripley: G, 1st S. C. Art'y, Capt. W. H. Peronneau. [Subsequent to the fall of Morris Island other troops were detailed, in turn, to garrison Fort Sumter.] Fifth Subdivision, Brig.-Gen. W. G. DeSaussure: 1st S. C. (Mil.), Col. Ed. Magrath; 1st S. C. Art'y (Mil.), Col. J. A. Wagener; 18th S. C. (Mil.), Col. J. E. Carew; Battalion State Cadets, Maj. J. B. White; D and II, 5th S. C. Cav., Lieut.-Col. R. J. Jeffords; K, 4th S. C. Cav., Capt. R. H. Colcock; S. C. Battery, Capt. W. E. Earle; Charleston Battalion, Maj. Julius A. Blake. Evans's Brigade. T Brig.-Gen. N. G. Evans: 17th S. C., Col. F. W. McMaster; 18th S. C., Col. W. H. Wallace; 22d S. C., Col. S. D. Goodlett; 23d S. C., Co
The Daily Dispatch: January 26, 1861., [Electronic resource], Citizens' State-rights ticket.-- Peachy R. Grattan, P. H. Aylett, Geo. W. Randolph. (search)
and prayed to God such might be the case; but, he asked, who was sure such would be the result? Certainly events at this time did not look so. He thought the blue ground and white crescent would make a much more durable flag. Mr. Yeadon said he was decidedly in favor of the green palmetto. He thought it should be adopted as an evergreen emblem of victory and glory. Mr. Rhett suggested that a green palmetto tree would be no more like the real palmetto than a white one. Mr. W. G. DeSaussure said green was an insuperable objection. It was not a fast color, and after exposure became a dirty yellow. Mr. Gary agreed with the gentleman from St. Phillip's and St. Michael's (Mr. Yeadon). As to the utility of the color, that had nothing to do with the question. The question was then taken, and the amendment was agreed to — yeas 49, nays 32. Formal charge of "treason" against Secessionists. A Washington dispatch to the New York Herald says: F. C. Treadwel
The Daily Dispatch: December 31, 1860., [Electronic resource], article 2 (search)
G. Kleg; Lafayette Artillery, Capt. J. J. Pope, Jr. Washington Artillery, Capt. G. H. Walter; German Artillery, Capt. C. Nohrden; all under command of Lieut. Col. W. G. DeSaussure. All the military forces thus ordered out promptly obeyed the summons, and the streets were soon enlivened by the appearance of individual members to eight o'clock the troops on board the Nina and Gen. Clinch landed on the wharf of Sullivan's Island. Rapidly forming, they proceeded under the command of Col. DeSaussure towards the walls of Fort Moultrie. A sergeant and ten men held post session of the place. On the approach of Col. DeSaussure's command, the detachment of UCol. DeSaussure's command, the detachment of United States troops retired without offering any resistance. The gates were not closed, even, and forty minutes after the steamer touched the wharf the Palmetto Flag, mounted on a hastily prepared staff, (as the original one had been cut away,) was flung to the breeze amid the huzzas of the occupants. Active preparations were