evidently exhausted in 1864, [300], [308];
hopes of Lincoln to make its surrender easy, [308], [309].
South Carolina,
desires secession, i. 179;
suggests it to other States, 182;
secedes, 184, 185;
sends commissioners to treat for division of property with United States, 185;
refusal of Buchanan to receive, 199, 200;
refuses to participate in Peace Congress, 204;
besieges Fort Sumter, 243.