Excerpt from Soldiers' and Citizens' Album of Biographical Record: Containing Personal Sketches of Army Men and Citizens Prominent in Loyalty to the UnionDec. 20. - South Carolina seceded, soon after, senators and Federal officers from that state resigned and United States property was seized.Dec. 26. - Major Robert Anderson, with 111 soldiers, removed from Fort Moultrie to Fort Sumter in Charleston harbor to secure a stronger position.About the PublisherForgotten Books publishes hundreds of thousands of rare and classic books. Find more at www.forgottenbooks.comThis book is a reproduction of an important historical work. Forgotten Books uses state-of-the-art technology to digitally reconstruct the work, preserving the original format whilst repairing imperfections present in the aged copy. In rare cases, an imperfection in the original, such as a blemish or missing page, may be replicated in our edition. We do, however, repair the vast majority of imperfections successfully, any imperfections that remain are intentionally left to preserve the state of such historical works.