Seeking ways to supply Fort Sumter, Abraham Lincoln explores a plan devised by Gustavus V. Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy. Fox proposes to send an ocean-going steamer south to Charleston (illustrated), accompanied by three warships, tugboats, and launches for ferrying supplies from the steamer to the Fort. Not all Washington officials are keen on…
The jockeying over Fort Sumter continues. Guarding the entrance to Charleston Harbor, the Fort is critical to the South. Rumors swirl that Union forces will abandon the Fort, but the momentary excitement soon subsides as the news proves baseless. The real question is when and how U. S. President Abraham Lincoln will attempt to send…
From South Carolina’s Columbia Guardian: We learn from a private source that on Friday eleven guns and gun-carriages were sent down to Morris’ Island, and four placed in the battery at the lower part of the island. The Washington Light Infantry and another company have been sent to Bird’s Key, which commands the point between…