EFFECT OF ANDERSON'S MOVEMENT.

President Buchanan Aroused.--Excitement in Charleston.--The Situation at
the Beginning of 1861.--Governor Pickens's War Measures.--"My heart was
never in this War". 82

CHAPTER VII.

THE "STAR OF THE WEST."

Promise of Succor.--Fatal Delay.--A Contumacious Chaplain.--Visit from
our Ladies.--Governor Pickens's Cabinet.--Appearance of the Star of the
West.--The Vessel fired upon from Morris Island and Fort
Moultrie.--Major Anderson's Protest.--Governor Pickens's Reply. 92

CHAPTER VIII.

A RESORT TO DIPLOMACY.

Major Anderson's Proposed Diplomatic Negotiations.--Defensive
Preparations.--Changes in the Cabinet.--Meade's Defection.--Anecdote of
Governor Pickens.--Battery at Cummings Point.--Soldiers' Families
Removed.--A Threatening Letter.--Confederate Visitors to the
Fort.--Organization of the Confederate Government. 107

CHAPTER IX.

THE CRISIS AT HAND.

South Carolina's Grievances.--Inauguration of President
Lincoln.--Determination to Re-enforce Sumter.--An Audacious
Proposal.--The Shannon.--New Rebel Batteries Unmasked.--Formal Notice of
Bombardment. 123

CHAPTER X.

THE BOMBARDMENT.

The First Shot.--Defective Guns.--John Carmody's Exploit.--Destructive
Effects of the Bombardment.--Burning of the Officers'
Quarters.--Terrific Conflagration. 143

CHAPTER XI.

THE EVACUATION.

Senator Wigfall's Volunteer Mission.--Terms of Evacuation Settled.--The
Question of Casualties on the Other Side.--Salute to the
Flag.--Occupation of the Fort by Southern Troops.--Embarkation.--Welcome
in New York.--Conclusion. 161

APPENDIX. 179

[Illustration: MAP OF CHARLESTON HARBOR.]

REMINISCENCES OF FORTS SUMTER AND MOULTRIE IN 1860-'61.

CHAPTER I.

FORT MOULTRIE IN 1860.

The Garrison of Fort Moultrie.--Early Indications of
Secession.--Situation of the Fort.--Edmund Ruffin and Robert
Barnwell Rhett.--The Secretary of War.--Arms sent to the
South.--Colonel Gardner.--Captain Foster ordered to Charleston
Harbor.--The Officers at Fort Moultrie.--Communications with
Northern Men by Cipher.--Proscription of Antislavery Men in
Charleston.--Position o