Scott Papers Reveal Forewarnings of Civil War
The National Intelligencer prints a second Gen Scott paper with notes explaining his concern over rising tensions in 1860. It details his push for garrisoning Southern forts including Pensacola, Charleston, and Fort Sumter, and criticizes Executive indecision and Secretary of War for alleged misdirection.
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National Intelligencer
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National Union
Pipers
Hia Fj Slape
Qubjnct
Strop Gargisone
Pensacola
Garzi
Gona
New York
Washington
Charleston
Mobile Bay
Mississippi
New Orleans
Sava
Union
Sae &O
South Carolina
Moultrie
Fort Sumter
Congress
United States
Sion
Major Anderson
Fort Magist
Moultzie
Sumter
Adi Dni
Brooks Lyn
Norfolk
Bort Monroe
Newark Sea
Fort Sumter and Forts Jefferson and Taylor Debate
Long manuscript notes recount Gen Scott's petitions to President Jackson and Sec. Holt to reinforce Fort Sumter and other forts with ships and troops. The text details naval moves, delays, and plans from Jan to March 1861, including actions at Pensacola, Fort Pickens, and Fort McRae, and critiques of administration choices shaping the siege.
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Scott
Jackson
Fort Moultrie
Natchez
Charleston Harbor
Gen
Charleston
South Carolina
United States
General S
Cass
Anderson
Fort Sumter
South Quarolina
Governor's Island
Forts Jackson
St Phillip
Morgan and Pulaski
Forte Pickens
Atlantic
Missouri
Mississippi
Ohio Rivers
Florida
Key West
Fort Taylor
Fort Jefferson
Gulf
Navy
Holt
Touey
Ward
Buchanan
Pensacola
Louisiana
Major Anderson
Foster
Totten
Corps of Engineers
Bias
New York
Slemmer
Pensacola Harbor
Navy Yard
Camp Lig
Pensacola Navy Yard
Armstrong
Fort Pickens
N Marly
Fort Ickens
Fort McRae
Aid de Camp
Brooklyn
Norfolk
New York Harbor
Fort NeRao
Fort Monroe
Hampton Roads
McRaege
Vogdes
Chesapeake
Fort Pickeng
Sebelts
Holt and
Toucay
Fort Piettens
Washington
Pensaccola
Cap Navy Yard
WinFielp
Fort Burwide
Williamsburg
Focker
West Po
Franklin Enzart
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Rebe
Nord
Onithie
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Fouck
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Fragmented Verse on Society and Morality
A fragmented antiquated meditation on gender sympathy public sentiment and virtue. It muses that poets face scorn from men and lack female sympathy while warning against idle youths and night labor draining effort. The piece hints at divine imagery and social judgment with oblique observations.
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God
Retrospective on Civil War Progress as of January 1862
The piece surveys Union advances and Confederate setbacks from January to April 1862, listing key captures and battles including Fort Henry Roanoke Island Shiloh and New Orleans. It lauds the administration’s performance, calls for renewed efforts, and praises Lincoln and generals for wartime leadership.
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Price
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United States
Grant
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Eighth
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No 10
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Mitchel
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Auger
Fredericksburg
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Scommerce
Hhelgenfeldt
de Mississippi
Fragmentary Victorian dialogue on manners and crime
An OCR fragment presents overheard exchanges about a sable cape purchase and social roles. A teacup talker teases a duke while a solicitor urges filing a case and a wary farmer remarks on sheep and honesty.
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