U.S. President Abraham Lincoln’s plan to resupply Fort Sumter is in motion, but the Confederacy has served notice that it will not allow the plan to proceed. The time has come. Confederate General Beauregard sends three aides – Colonel James Chesnut, Jr., Captain Stephen D. Lee, and Lieutenant A. R. Chisolm – to demand the…
President Abraham Lincoln sends a message to South Carolina Governor Francis W. Pickens stating that he will attempt to send supplies to Fort Sumter: …an attempt will be made to supply Fort Sumter with provisions only, and that if such attempt be not resisted, no effort to throw in men, arms, or ammunition will be…
In Virginia, the time for a decision arrives. In the morning, U.S. President Abraham Lincoln meets with Virginia Unionist John Baldwin and discusses the fate of the state. The content of the conversation between the two men is disputed. Some argue that Lincoln offered to evacuate Fort Sumter if Virginia agreed to stay in the…