[162] Ibid., 85, 86.

[163] Curtis, Buchanan, II, 385. The emphasis is Buchanan’s.

[164] Governor’s message to legislature, quoted by Crawford, Fort Sumter, 87.

[165] War Records, Serial No. 1, p. 111.

[166] Crawford, Fort Sumter, 91.

[167] Crawford, Fort Sumter, chap. x.

[168] War Records, Serial No. 1, p. 2.

[169] Crawford, Fort Sumter, 112.

[170] Crawford, Fort Sumter, 110, 111.

[171] War Records, Serial No. 1, p. 3.