... federal Union, and declared that the fate of the Southern Confederacy hung by the ensign halyards of Fort Sumter. The legislature of South Carolina authorized the organization of 10,000 men, and M. L. Bonham , late member of Congress, was appointed major-general of the State forces. Volunteers from every part of the Confederacy flocked into Charleston, and at the close of March not less than 7,000 armed...