COPYRIGHT, 1885. THE ATTACK ON FORT SUMTER IN APRIL, 1861. "What's hallowed ground? 'Tis what gives birth To sacred thoughts in souls of worth! Peace! Independence! Truth!"— Campbell. I MMEDIATELY upon the election of Abraham Lincoln as President, in November, 1860, a predetermined plan of secession was entered upon by the leading public men of the South, on the plea that his election was dangerous the interests of slavery. In February, 1861, seven of the slave States having united in the moveme

On the morning of Sunday, the sixteenth of April, 1865, the good steamer "Oceanus," gay with crowds of passengers, and proudly waving flags and signals, steamed slowly down Charleston harbor homeward bound. As she passed the fleet, parting salutations were exchanged with the monitors, men-of-war, and the smaller boats passing to and fro. We turned to take a last survey of the city in the distance, the forts, and shores thickly studded with now peaceful batteries. As we passed abreast of Fort Sum

Words by Mrs. M.A. Kidder . Music by Wm. B. Bradbury . [ Listen ] [ PDF ] [ MusicXML ] music music continued 1. For many years we've waited To hail the day of peace, When our land should be united, And war and strife should cease; And now that day approaches, The drums are beating fast, And all the boys are coming home, There's victory at last. FULL CHORUS. There's victory at last, boys, victory at last! O'er land and sea Our flag is free; We'll nail it to the mast; Yes, we'll nail it to the mas

From the Charleston Mercury of January 19, 1865. (A month before the evacuation of the city.) Charleston a Saragossa! "... The same tenacity and daring which has held Charleston and the Savannah line for four years, can hold Charleston now, if brought to bear upon the emergency. Too long we have been fighting here, around these old walls, to yield them now without a struggle. We say, unhesitatingly, to those in authority, there are brave men here, who are prepared to make of Charleston a second