The Political Conspiracies Preceding the Rebellion Or the True Stories of Sumt
The Political Conspiracies Preceding the Rebellion Or the True Stories of Sumt
Thomas Mcarthur Anderson
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(" Rebellion Records, " vol. I, p. 222. ) Anderson replied : * * * "I must state most distinctly, that if I can only be per- mitted to leave on the pledge you mention, I shall never, so help me, God, leave this fort alive. " (Ibid. ) There was a rumor that Fort Sumter was to be blown up by the Yankees when they left it. Curiously enough, Captain Foster had writ- ten to the Chief of Engineers, December 19, i860, "that he proposed to connect a power- ful Daniel's battery with the magazine at Sum-... ter, by means of wires stretched across under water to Fort Moultrie, and to blow up Sumter if taken by an armed force. " This, of course, was before that fort was oc- cupied by our people. But how did the rebels get the rumor ? Evidently there was a leaky vessel in the Engineer Department. to throw in men, arms, or ammunition will be made without further notice, or in case of an attack on the fort. "April 8, 1861. " This memorandum was not communicated to Major Anderson, and the Powhatan, with the troops, was secretly detached.
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