Washington Correspondence on Wisconsin Delegation Delays
Correspondence from Washington dated April 8 1861 discusses Wisconsin’s stalled delegation votes and the marshalship contest. Judge Howe faces protest over distribution of offices while Carl Schurz and Gen King receive praise. Debates over post office appointments, notably E W Keyes, stir local opposition. Fort Sumter fears and war talk shadow the scene as Hanchett Potter and Sloan depart.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Eprron
Wisconsin
D. C. Jackson
Madison
Judge Howe
Howe
Carl Schurz
Gen. King
Congress
Madison Post Office
P. O. Department
P. O
Luther Hanchett
Hanchett
Civil War Mobilization Across States and Forts
The President orders troop movements to Harpers Ferry Forts Washington and Monroe with western guards. Massachusetts regiments join New York units to Fort Monroe as Union efforts expand. Cities report bank loans and mass meetings to support the constitution amid Lincoln's call for 32,000 more troops.
MENTIONED IN THIS ARTICLE
Harpers Ferry
Forts Washington
Monroe
Massachusetts
Fort Monroe
New York
New Haven
Elm City
Reapine
Ringgold Flying Artillery
Reading
Jas. McKnight
Harrisburg
Toronto
Washington Gov't
Peerless
Clyde
Scotland
Norwton
Buckingham
Hartford
Thames Bank
Fairfeld County Bank
Montgomery
Lincoln
Secretary of War
Boston
8. R. Spaulding
Norfolk
Western Bank
Baltimore
Washington
Wm. B. Astor
Purvap Elpyra
Patterson
Capitol
Kenosaa
J. F. Potter
Racine
Chicago
Poizapepuia
Fort Pickens
Anapolis
Charleston
Virginia
Harper's Ferry
Lea
Arlington Heights
St. Louis
Cairo
al -Quet
Tennessee
Gun shipments seized and volatile wartime shocks unfold
Reports from Cincinnati to Baltimore recount police arresting 30 boxes of guns on steamer Ohio No 3 and 7 boxes for Memphis on other ships. Armories seized, militia movements cross the region, with crowds, alarms, and muttered secession acts. Combined dispatches describe rising violence, troop movements, and Union sentiment across multiple cities as the nation teeters toward conflict.
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Cincinnatti
Dudley
Ohio
G. T.little Rock
L. A
Memphis
Glendale
Fanny McBurnie
Parkesburg
Harpers Ferry
Harper’s Ferry
Virginia
Baxatimann
R. A
Tth
Pennsylvania
Syconp Desparon
Kansas City
United States
Liberty
Fort Pickens
New Orveans
Star of the West
Bar
Indianola
Galveston
Haxaispura
Gov. Curtin
Pittsburg
Massachusetts
Baltimore
Scrosa
Toevo
Also Mentioned on This Page
National Capitol
Fort Sumter
Doolittle
A. Scott Sloan
Potter
Hes
Galesville
OMAS
Bidwell
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