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fore Mr. Seward's assurance of faith fully kept. I am directed by the President of the United States to notify you to expect an attempt will be made to supply Fort Sumter with provisions only; and that, if such an attempt be not resisted, no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition, will be made, without further notice, or in case of an attack upon the fort. For this and other documents quoted relative to the transactions of the period, see The Record of Fort Sumter, compiled by W. A. Harris, Columbia, South Carolina, 1862. Thus disappeared the last vestige of the plighted faith and pacific pledges of the Federal government. In order fully to appreciate the significance of this communication, and of the time and circumstances of its delivery, it must be borne in mind that the naval expedition which had been secretly in preparation for some time at New York, under direction of Captain Fox, was now ready to sail, and might reasonably be expected to be at Charleston almos
ee what care was being taken of the wounded. I found a hospital on the Sudley road, back of the field of battle, at which Colonel Jones, of the Fourth Alabama, had been, which was in charge of a surgeon of a Rhode Island regiment, whose name was Harris, I think. I asked him if he had what he wanted for the men under his care, and he told me he would like to have some morphine, of which his supply was short. I directed a young surgeon of our cavalry, who rode up at the time, to furnish the morphine, which he did, from a pair of medical saddle-pockets which he had. Dr. Harris told me that he knew that their troops had had a great deal of coffee and sugar mixed, ready for boiling, of which a good deal had been left at different points near the field, and asked if there would be any objection to his sending out and gathering some of it for the use of the wounded under his charge, as it would be of much service to them. I gave him the permission to get not only that, but anything else t
send you. The whole engineer corps comprises only six captains together with three majors, of whom one is on bureau duty. You will be compelled to employ the best material within your reach, by detailing officers from other corps, and by employing civil engineers. These details are given to serve as an illustration of the deficiencies existing in every department of the military service in the first years of the war. In this respect much relief came from the well-directed efforts of Governor Harris and the legislature of Tennessee. A cap factory, ordnance shops, and workshops were established. The powder mills at Nashville turned out about four hundred pounds a day. Twelve or fourteen batteries were fitted out at Memphis. Laws were passed to impress and pay for the private arms scattered throughout the state, and the utmost efforts were made to collect and adapt them to military uses. The returns make it evident that, during most of the autumn of 1861, fully one half of Genera
owers at Washington for any such use or purpose as they have in view. Your object is to subjugate the Southern States, and a requisition made upon me for such an object—an object, in my judgment, not within the purview of the Constitution, or the Act of 1795—will not be complied with. Governor Magoffin of Kentucky replied: Your dispatch is received. In answer, I say emphatically, Kentucky will furnish no troops for the wicked purpose of subduing her sister Southern States. Governor Harris of Tennessee replied: Tennessee will not furnish a single man for coercion, but fifty thousand, if necessary, for the defense of our rights, or those of our Southern brothers. Governor Jackson of Missouri answered: Requisition is illegal, unconstitutional, revolutionary, inhuman, diabolical, and can not be complied with. Governor Rector of Arkansas replied: In answer to your requisition for troops from Arkansas, to subjugate the Southern States, I have to say that none
ion to armed force against states, 151. Hamlin, —, 42, 44. Handy, Judge, 287. Hardee, General, 351. Harney, Gen. William S., 356, 357, 361. Agreement with Gen. Price, 358-60. Harpers Ferry, Va. Evacuation, 284-85, 296. Harris, Dr., 327. Gov. of Tennessee, 350. Reply to U. S. call for troops, 354. Harrison, William Henry (governor of Indiana territory). Letters to Congress, 5, 6. Pres. U. S., 52. Hartford Convention, 63-64. Hartstein, Captain, 234. 31, 293. Tappan, Colonel, 345. Tariff, 28, 428-29. Act of 1828, 161, 430-31. Act of 1816, 428-29. Taylor, General, 33. Gen. Zachary, 294. Teneyck, —, 38. Tennessee. Admission, 34. Defense preparations of Johnston, 348-52. Gov. Harris' reply to U. S. call for troops, 354. Territorial government, 34-35. Texas, 12, 28, 214. Annexation, 64. Thayer, James S. Extracts from speech concerning with-drawal of states, 220. Thirteen, committee of, 171. Thomas,