CHAPTER III.. Preliminary Movements of the Secessionists.

PRELIMINARY MOVEMENTS OF THE SECESSIONISTS.

Arrival of Major Anderson.--Huger's Opposition to a Premature Assault on Fort Moultrie.--Anderson's Report to the Secretary of War.--Active Preparations by the South Carolinians.--Meeting of Congress.--Attempts at Compromise.--Secession Batteries at Mount Pleasant.--Arrival of Major Buell with Written Orders.--Vain Efforts to Strengthen Castle Pinckney.--Northern Opinion.--Public Meeting in Philadelphia. 41