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The Daily Dispatch: January 11, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National Crisis. (search)
six months, arrived in the city yesterday, and, without arms or equipments, were marched on board the steamer Excel, for secret service. The first company, under command of Captain Spires, and Lieutenants George Robinson, F. C. Barber and Henry Key, numbered over one hundred strong, healthy-looking men, from Hamburg. The second company, styled the "Cherokee Pond Volunteers," numbered eighty-two men, nearly all of them young fathers, eager for service. They were commanded by Captain Meriwether, and Lieutenants A. P. Butler and D. L. Shaw. The Palmetto Guards, as well as a portion of the Irish Volunteers, were also out on duty during the night. The Lafayette Artillery and the German Artillery returned to the city yesterday from Fort Moultrie, making quite a handsome display as they passed through the streets. Lieut. Pelot, of the Navy, has arrived in this city and tendered his services to the Governor, which have been accepted. Thus another son of South Carolina h