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| − | + | April 1861 | |
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| + | Wednesday 24 | ||
| + | 1500 Massachusetts Troops not permitted to land | ||
| + | at Annapolis were taken on board US School Ship | ||
| + | Constitution and are now lying off that town. | ||
| + | 2 US Vessels with troops went up the Bay Sunday & | ||
| + | with troops | ||
| + | 5 transports ^ supposed up the Potomac Monday. | ||
| + | It is rumored there are 5000 Va Troops at Harpers Ferry & | ||
| + | 5000 near Alexandria, 4000 south Carolinans[se?] coming | ||
| + | & when they concentrate, an attack will be immediately | ||
| + | made on Washington. Col Robert E Lee, late of | ||
| + | US army has been appointed Major Genl of Va forces and | ||
| + | commander in chief. The Va convention is in [Secret Session][underlined] | ||
| + | been except | ||
| + | & no one knows what it has ^ or is doing.^ It is made public that | ||
| + | [It has passed an ordinance of Secession][underlined] | ||
| + | These are not all authentic but a few days will show. | ||
| + | Large reinforcements have been certainly thrown into Fs Monroe | ||
| + | probably for the purpose of intimidating Va but that they cant | ||
| + | am | ||
| + | do. I live less than 30 Miles of it and ^ entirely exposed, and I am | ||
| + | no scared, nor are any of my neighbors, or any one I | ||
| + | have heard of. Mr Lincoln may yet realize that | ||
| + | [“Somebody will be Hurt’][underlined] before this thing is over. | ||
Latest revision as of 15:35, 30 January 2014
April 1861
Continued
Wednesday 24 1500 Massachusetts Troops not permitted to land at Annapolis were taken on board US School Ship Constitution and are now lying off that town. 2 US Vessels with troops went up the Bay Sunday &
with troops
5 transports ^ supposed up the Potomac Monday. It is rumored there are 5000 Va Troops at Harpers Ferry & 5000 near Alexandria, 4000 south Carolinans[se?] coming & when they concentrate, an attack will be immediately made on Washington. Col Robert E Lee, late of US army has been appointed Major Genl of Va forces and commander in chief. The Va convention is in [Secret Session][underlined]
been except
& no one knows what it has ^ or is doing.^ It is made public that [It has passed an ordinance of Secession][underlined] These are not all authentic but a few days will show. Large reinforcements have been certainly thrown into Fs Monroe probably for the purpose of intimidating Va but that they cant
am
do. I live less than 30 Miles of it and ^ entirely exposed, and I am no scared, nor are any of my neighbors, or any one I have heard of. Mr Lincoln may yet realize that [“Somebody will be Hurt’][underlined] before this thing is over.
