February 26, 1861 – A Salute on Washington’s Birthday

The Charleston Courier is moved to anger because, on Washington’s Birthday, Fort Sumter “belched forth its saucy salute” of 34 guns. It is not strange that the traitors’ ears are troubled by the sound of guns which show the strength of the power they daily insult, and the patriotic sentiment of the true men who are to wield that power.

The New York Daily Tribune

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