2008-09
This lot is closed for bidding. Bidding ended on 8/31/2008
Confeerate Autograph Letter Signed, 4p. octavo, Thomasville, February 5, 1861, and reads in part: “...Do you still feel uneasy about ‘war’ Aunt E. I am beinging to be. I have heard of several Forts being taken, but we have heard so many reports and contradictions lately that we scarcely know what to believe. Ma. recd a letter from Sallie Tison last week she says the Carolinians have taken Castle Pinkney. Pa told us the other day the ‘Macon Volunteers’ had been ordered by the Governor to Brunswick. I guess they will be stationed on St. Simon’s island; but I suppose you have seen all this in the papers...” Extra Fine. On December 27, 1860, one week after South Carolina seceded from the Union, Castle Pinckney was surrendered to South Carolina militia by its small garrison, which retired to Fort Sumter to join Major Robert Anderson. Castle Pinckney became the first Federal military position seized by a Southern state government. Three days later, the Charleston Arsenal joined Castle Pinckney in falling to the militia. After the subsequent attack on Fort Sumter, the Charleston Zouave Cadets manned Castle Pinckney.
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