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CHAPTER VIII.. A Resort to Diplomacy.

Reminiscences of Forts Sumter and Moultrie in 1860-'61 · Abner Doubleday — chapter 8 of 22 · ~33 words · public domain

A RESORT TO DIPLOMACY.

Major Anderson's Proposed Diplomatic Negotiations.--Defensive Preparations.--Changes in the Cabinet.--Meade's Defection.--Anecdote of Governor Pickens.--Battery at Cummings Point.--Soldiers' Families Removed.--A Threatening Letter.--Confederate Visitors to the Fort.--Organization of the Confederate Government. 107

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