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February 24, 1861 – Secession Biting its Own Nose Off

South Carolina compelled the resignation of the United States Collector at Charleston, and made the harbor unsafe for vessels from abroad; consequently the trade of that port is transferred to…

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Naval Notes

Three-fourths of the warships that are now under construction for the United States Navy are anywhere from six months to two years behind the degree of completion called for in…

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The Soda Springs

There is perhaps nothing in the western part of America that has elicited more profound wonder from visitors to natural curiosities than the well known Soda Springs, on the line…

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February 23, 1861 – The Inauguration Ceremonies at Montgomery, Alabama

The inauguration of Messrs. Davis and Stephens, the President and Vice President of the Southern Confederacy, at Montgomery, Ala , was witnessed by about 5,000 persons, amidst the firing of…

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February 22, 1861 – Visit to Fort McHenry

The Baltimore correspondent of the New York Tribune, it seems, has visited Fort McHenry, and thus reports what he saw there to that paper: I looked in upon Fort McHenry…

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Looking Backwards

Thirty years ago eggs were three dozen for 25¢, butter 10¢ a pound, milk was 5¢ a quart, the butcher gave liver and treated the kids with bologna, the hired…

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A Grand Whig Caucus

We see by the Intelligencer that the ultra whig members of Congress have held a Caucus in the People’s Senate Chamber, and appointed the 3d of May, 1844, at Baltimore,…

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February 21, 1861 – The Charleston Batteries

Capt. F. F. Warley, who is at present on Sullivan's Island in command of the "Darlington Guards," writes to the Southerner as follows :— "Very rapid progress is being made…

Travelers' Tales

Exploration of the Nile—Its Sources Still a Mystery

The great Egyptian stream seems still disinclined to yield up its long-restrained mystery. The limit of exploration on the White Nile has hitherto been at Gondokoro, a town situated a…

Maritime & Naval History Ship Histories US Civil War

Pawnee Log, April 12, 1861

At 5 a.m. Cape Romain light N. N. W. At 7:30 anchored; the revenue steamer Harriet Lane communicated with us. Packet steamer Baltic lying near land in sight. Went to…