Confederate Military History - Volume 5 (of 12)

CHAPTER I.

SPIRIT OF SECESSION--THE STATE MILITIA--CHARLESTON AND THE FORTS--THE VIOLATED AGREEMENT--MAJOR ANDERSON OCCUPIES FORT SUMTER--SOUTH CAROLINA OCCUPIES PINCKNEY AND MOULTRIE--THE STAR OF THE WEST--FORT SUMTER SURRENDERED--CAROLINIANS IN VIRGINIA--BATTLE OF MANASSAS.

From the time that the election of the President was declared, early in November, 1860, the military s...