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<1861 CIVIL WAR newspaper w Large maps FORT PICKENS @ Pensicola Florida HATTERAS

$ 21.12

Availability: 100 in stock

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1861 CIVIL WAR newspaper with two Large FRONT-PAGE maps depicting the battles at FORT PICKENS, Pensicola, Florida and the battle at CHICAMACOMIC at Cape HATTERAS, North Carolina, along with detailed reports on the CIVIL WAR action taking place there and across the country .
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inv #9Q-203
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SEE PHOTO----- COMPLETE, ORIGINAL NEWSPAPER, the
New York Herald
(NY) dated October 13, 1861 with wonderfully displayable CIVIL WAR history!
Perfect for framing and display, this original CIVIL WAR artifact would look great hanging in any modern-day Pensicola home or business!
By the time of the American Civil War, Fort Pickens had not been occupied since shortly after the Mexican
–American War. Despite its dilapidated condition, Lieutenant Adam J. Slemmer, in charge of United States forces at Fort Barrancas, decided Fort Pickens was the most defensible post in the area. He decided to abandon Fort Barrancas when, around midnight of January 8, 1861, his guards repelled a group of local civilians who intended to occupy the fort. Some historians claim that these were the first shots fired in the Civil War.
On January 10, 1861, the day Florida declared its secession from the Union, Slemmer destroyed over 20,000 pounds of gunpowder at Fort McRee. He then spiked the guns at Fort Barrancas, and moved his small force of 51 soldiers and 30 sailors to Fort Pickens. On January 15, 1861 and January 18, 1861, Slemmer refused surrender demands from Colonel William Henry Chase of the Florida militia. Chase had designed and constructed the fort as a captain in the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers. Slemmer defended the fort against threat of attack until he was reinforced and relieved in April 11, 1861 by Colonel Harvey Brown and the USS Brooklyn.
The Confederates attacked the Fort on October 9th, 1861, with a force of a thousand men. The attack came from the west, after forces landed four miles away. The attack was repelled by artillery and gunfire, and the Confederates retreated with 90 casualties.
After tensions in Pensacola grew, and the Confederates secured posts at Fort McCree and Fort Barrancas, the Federal forces decided to shell the confederate forts. On November 22, two Union gunboats, the Niagara and the Richmond, sailed into the bay, and the bombardment began. The attack lasted two days, and the results were the Union's favor. Fort McCree was nearly destroyed, and the town of Warrington and the Navy Yard were destroyed.
A second bombardment, meant to finish off the Confederates, was initiated on New Year's Day 1862. Fort McCree was almost destroyed, and any building near fort Barrancas were burned.
Running low on supplies, and with dwindling morale, the Confederates began to doubt their chances of success in the Battle of Pensacola. Eventually, the Battle of Mobile drew the last of the southern forces westward to Alabama to defend against Admiral Farragut's invasion forces. On May 10, 1862, the last Confederates at Pensacola surrendered to Fort Pickens.
Despite repeated Confederate threats, Fort Pickens was one of only three Southern forts to remain in Union hands throughout the war.
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