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Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book II:—secession. (search)
ese forts were national property. The most important were Fort Monroe in Virginia, on the borders of the Chesapeake; Fort Macon in North Carolina; Forts Moultrie and Sumter in the bay of Charleston, South Carolina; Fort Pulaski in Georgia, near Savannah; Forts Key West and Garden Key on two small islands at the extremity of Florida; Forts McRae and Pickens at the entrance of the bay of Pensacola in the same State; Forts Morgan and Gaines in front of Mobile, in Alabama; and Forts Jackson and St.occasion for using any precaution towards the North, the political leaders of the South loudly proclaimed their views on the subject of slavery, and in an address which has become celebrated, delivered by the Vice President of the Confederacy at Savannah on the 21st of March, he explained this impious doctrine without any circumlocution, showing that slavery ought to be the corner-stone of new communities; that slavery, founded on the inequality of races, was, in his opinion, in harmony with mod
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book III:—the first conflict. (search)
oga, where it strikes again the railways of the Ohio basin; its length and direction prevent its being an effectual link between the two groups. The other two lines, on the contrary, are intersected by cross-roads forming numerous junctions, the names of which have nearly all figured in the war. Along the line which runs close to the shore, rounding the gulfs and striking the sea from port to port, it is sufficient to mention Richmond, Petersburg, Goldsborough, Wilmington, Charleston, and Savannah, where the track leaves the Atlantic basin to connect with that of the Mexican Gulf at Macon. Along the intermediate line between the mountains and the sea, we find the names of Manassas, Gordonsville, Burkesville, Greensborough, Columbia, Augusta, and finally Atlanta, which is its terminus. At Atlanta, the central point between the three groups, we also find, in another direction, the principal artery of the Gulf basin, together with an important branch which, availing itself of a gap in
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), Book IV:—the first autumn. (search)
mall schooner of fifty-four tons, called The Savannah, formerly a pilot-boat, armed with an eighteeer, it could not prosecute the sailors of the Savannah as pirates except by instituting similar crimshould answer for those of the sailors of the Savannah. The proceedings against the latter were immer sea; two whole months had elapsed since the Savannah had left Charleston, so great was the inabilin fact, except in the case of the crew of the Savannah, above mentioned. The second question raisw of the principal ports, such as Charleston, Savannah, and New Orleans, before which it was easy toition on the coast of South Carolina, between Savannah and Charleston. But notwithstanding the faciful, it was proposed to repeat it in front of Savannah and the other Confederate ports. Towards theade-runners on their way to the great mart of Savannah. At a distance of about six hundred feet fro operations, which would enable them to reach Savannah by turning Fort Pulaski. Finally, on the 1[2 more...]
Comte de Paris, History of the Civil War in America. Vol. 1. (ed. Henry Coppee , LL.D.), chapter 8 (search)
. In estimating the forces of the Confederacy, it will be necessary to omit from this list four of the five first-mentioned cities, which were never beyond the Federal authority. They are marked with asterisks: * Baltimore212,000 inhabitants. New Orleans169,000 inhabitants. * St. Louis152,000 inhabitants. * Louisville70,000 inhabitants. * Washington61,000 inhabitants. Charleston51,000 inhabitants. Richmond38,000 inhabitants. Mobile29,000 inhabitants. Memphis23,000 inhabitants. Savannah22,000 inhabitants. Wilmington21,000 inhabitants. Petersburg18,000 inhabitants. Nashville17,000 inhabitants. Note D, page 105. These details, with many others relative to the Confederate army, are taken from a book entitled Thirteen Months in the Rebel Army, by W. G. Stevenson, published in 1863. It describes most vividly the situation of the South at the commencement of the war. The author relates, with a degree of simplicity which saves him from all suspicion of exaggeration, h