This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1860
Captain Foster of the engineers reported from Fort Moultrie that he had that day interviewed General Schnierle, commanding the militia division in the vicinity, and other prominent citizens. The day before the state seceded, the officers of the two sides were still calling on each other.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 1
The committee brought in a draft ordinance of secession consisting, in substance, of one sentence: that the union between South Carolina and the other States was dissolved. The vote was set for the following afternoon.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 1
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