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THE FIRST SHOT ARCHIVES ANO MUSEUM Crises the th ere are individ ½al. woe. in every The power of choice In exercising this dared to stand alone crises In solemn Carolina form, moves. and Nation, but now her days "The first in its con se quences those who manned the battery ing the facts, also The Democratic From the first that its Class He saw, he heard, his and, on fire with patriotic Streets the orators supplementing life. maintain her to the never Standing thus that rostrums 9th, led up to it. touch on Meeting until 1861) South of hearts after thus in our was signed days The First cl rolina set and on Broad transpired twenty then occasions. and informed, as events these 23, 1860. The writer, on several of Secession of .of .record- S. C. April aroused alone it was (for Miss- Shot was was preparing Sover e ignty. The Battalion The South Carolina of State Cadets with Military Academies, its Professors from its in she survivor the importance to electric the people, sons and forward delib e rate. the citfzenry of January front is the only was present the Ordinance her worthy look- So momentous was this experience, Ordinanc e of Secession in the morning is She had been triumphs; met in Charleston, in enlightening unanimously. South of Secession. bei"ng vibrated of the day kept did not pass her early personal From temporary When, therefore, welcom e d almost fired entire 20th of December 1860, was fired". of The Citadel, zeal. the press face were turbulent, a member of the Senior was the shot, , feels Convention sessions She the horizon ~ho~perhaps; · fired of his National means wea l or came fac e to face even though _ them; her shot that ' the writer a part exe~cise as in 20th of December 1860. on the famous Ordinance to maintain event issippi assembled, her struggles twenty as well the coming storm. past; Within on· the h er s·overeignty, in Convention the its South Carolina life of State councils National in her presaged pass ed and signed ing at her right, in maintaining dark and lower _ ing clouds in the Nation, is a Divin e gift; unchallenged one of the greatest with lif e , in the State, incipi and Officers, constituting en cy in 18lf3, was ever to ,J �( -2- under · all the direct command of th e Governor t:i.rnes, at a moments notice, Chief. . Five Secession orders to respond days had scarce l y elapsed from Governor l eading so as be st to Charleston By steamer . There our Sumt er . I believe) force t he Island t o a point Armstrong, sel _cted e the site fortification . select for The four on Morris I sland the ha rbor the Fort command, some of his to carry Anticipating the Fort. This ord ers . and drawn across Lieut . N. W. and of Military Engin ee ring, and mounted, Maj or Robert for thus the be in g of Dec ember 1860 we we r e out th e commana of Governor Anderson on Sul l iv a n ' s Island. trouble , fearing would th en be unt enable; suppli e s, detach- Pick ens . of the United This Fort States was built and to command the chann e ls of e ntranc e from th e an attack The rest in it se lf was nearly This, Major Ande rson from the r ear and in the ni ght h e transf e quipm ent and pe rhaps Sumter , near the cent e r of the harbor. doned with of Math ematics was vuln e rabl e if atta cked from the re a r . position and these the Channel . Thus by the last Moultrie of Charl eston wel l kn ew and f eared. knowing his ne cess a ry. Fort this and on the gr ·ounds mappe d out plans There was a cause . Army was in command at build Island, selected wer e unloaded guns we r e th en plac e d in position if 24 was convey e d to an in l et of the t he For t and facing fort and in a position Why did we hurry? but l ittle of Morris proc e ed e d to execute , the cannons at The Citadel the made r eady for action, e d for received mount the guns, Maj or P . F. Stevens alacrity of of Cqdets , and - four Island, at Corrnnnder-ina end ent of The Citadel, a detachment our force disembarked the professor from their to corrnnand the chann e l in front by Fort (The Pl anter They were ready the passage . of the Ordinance we had - t o Morris ment from The Citad e l Cade ts and , with sea, to a call after F. W. Pick ens to take siege . guns - the best a fortification facing Carolina. , when Maj or P. F. Stevens , t hen Superint pounder Island of South e rr e d his some of h i s guns to Fort of the guns he spiked an act and aban- of wa r a ga in s t a St a t e claimin g h e r ri ght of Sov e r e i gnty ove r ev e rythin g wit h in he r bou nds . Thus was our co mma on Mo s Isl a nd . nd rri ./ �-3- Br eastworks must be built. in billo ws on ev e ry side, in position and eager as planned . The Logane tts No Palmetto hands houses were occupied posi ti on he must be supplied with To prev en t th ese r ea ching Apri l 1865. More than Early fort in J anuary that our li ttle reported coast inva sion, only filled sounded and provisio until to Fort point. on reachin g th e Point If our littl e In th e night to th e "Lon g "d ouble - quick" to find . in line . Sumter. Responding was soon movin g a t the · We were expectant would be the pl ace of l and i ng . this ns . and center and we took our positions of the Island his must be watched the air. ls to meet the no enemy th ere and th e c l ear . to all th e world ma intain military th at he r ri ghts. information positiv supplies morning Sergeant We were not e and cl ea r. cl ass , was on the 9th, I sland of th e Guard hour, she was a Sov ereign tak en by surprise A ship, and by our fort was· sound e d, our lin e was fon ne d . morning, and dared lo a ded with It he first her appearance Sumter. we marched soldiers, to the Sumter W. S. Simkin s , was in th e early saw th e masts le ading At on ce he called and approach. to way to Fort po s ts alert. e fort. that port, her way in to th e channel to Fort Quickly State Rumors had given their of our littl she was warping Carolin a woul d declare l ef t a Northern were walking parapet . a lo aded ship, had already and reported when South and Ind e pendent 18 61, a beautiful as coming forward of Morris fateful As usu a l sentinels of January of a ship that and provisions destination. of the senior front port supplies of approach sentine was to maintain Sumter was to be a storm forc es had l anded at But th e hou r drew nigh, her avenue Fort we expected detachment military 1861 rumors was the nearest came th e alarm Roll", him every Her,ceforth was raided , here sand and placed of Cadets; If Major Anderson soldiers, once was th e ''Lon g Roll" Cunnnings Point bags with by the detachment guarded . guarded . soon filled , but sand rose . In a few days we were r eady. were pl aced and our outposts effectively l ogs were available in th e The "Lon g Roll" fort , each cad e t j �-4takin g hi s assigned plac e at th e guns. meanti me th e body of the ship sh e dr ew. could Our sentinels be seen rising above Cade t G. E. Hayn eswor th of Sumter was at S . B. Pick ens of . Pendleton was in direct co mma . nd were dr awn in. and look ed questionly gua rd e d th e lany ar d' of gun No. 2 . She was dra win g n ea r er now under at our little brightly pa int ed on my memory . parapet, the lanyards command. n ear l y in front shot her sh e heeded . It eye expectant. the e still Major St evens on th e awaited the of th e West" was . no w sp ed in tru e to aim, th e warning shot and this fl ag was hau l e d to h e r top mast, their throbbin g, he r prow was turn ed and a fai l ur e . morning de cked _from . stem to stern; She was beau tiful e. not still sun 'ma de bri gh ter still l in e to topmost mast from water as in holid ay attir Major Anders on mus t yet wait . stren gth ened . While that Sumt er failed shot, This The ray s of th e early Fort pictur " Fire " . At once th e Unit e d States ship cro wde d h e r decks At l as t the co mmand ran g out of th e W t ". es for a tim e se emed to stop beautiful head of st eam. The solid pull e d th e lanyard. ;as sh e retr ea t ed. of gun No. l; Impati ent youth The "Star back sh e went from whence she came to report even was a striking as nearer Maj or P . F . St evens a full as they near e r sh e dr ew. seemed slo w in comin g . of th e pro w of th e "Star en gi nes Still of us and quit e near . G. E . Haynesworth front fort . taut , every To th em it the horizon th e lan yard The sun had now ris en re vea lin g sold iers ·and sailors In th e to be r e info r c ed . I never saw th e or der s issu e d to Major we were to stop any suspicious vesse l trying Her gar ris on was St evens , th e Cade ts und ersto od to pass our Fort, first \ firing a war ning shot follow ed by soli d shot "The Fi rst Shot " that that, in this every outlying littl in f r ont of h er prow , ;which, fired into h er, but stop if not heeded, he r we must . ush e r e d in th e ''War Betwee n t he St a t e s" . e e piso de , South isl an d along Ca rolina h e r coa s t, bound ar i es , and i nc lu d in g her adjacent every was not foot must be Thus was fired Le t us remember th e aggressor. of l an d embraced Fort within Sumter, her wat ers , eve n to th e thr . e mi le li mi t, e �-5- was h ers . "The Star soon .as she entered Government but boldly This " First took Shot" St ar of th e West" troops it since The Battalion this Battery Carolina Fault, if event; Cadets bent, her was a ho st il th ere , th e United the guage of battle. fault there of the littl as· States She did not be , was h ers, e fort, ship side not ours. henceforth named "Th e . came to th e Island of State fr om The Citadel up. In sending was th e christening studi es at The Citadel years th en on mischief our boundaries. thr ew down to South step Other of the West" and we were ord ered as th e emergency it is a historic Cadets at this was ov er . fact, certifi is proud of the record initial It back to resu me our is now nearly sixty-six ed to time and again. made by this movement in Charl e ston detachm en t harbor. � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sams, Robert Oswald, Civil War Reminiscences Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Description An account of the resource Robert Oswald Sams was in The Citadel's Class of 1861. He was assistant professor at The Arsenal Academy from April 1862 - May 1865. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sams, Robert Oswald, 1841-1930 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. 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Ste vens , then on Morr i s Island I re v ie wed th e pr i nc i pa l 11 , Janu a ry 9_ th, 6· Cor ps of The Ba tt a lion of the dir ect co mmand of liiajor But t he few troop s sup er intend en t of The Ci tadel. were un der the gen er a l command of Col. John L. Branch - a Cit ade l gra du ate o ~ In thi s account ,:.., my pers ona l reco ll ections pnrtici pated in, exc lusively, Army. We should not Batta lion of Stat e Ca dets forget seco nd and thi r d cl asses former by of "The Last the Ars ~na l Cadets th a t, of the and th e Arsenal at Char l est on ; the l atter Confederate a t th a t ti me 1860 to 1865 the was compos ed of the Cit a del J Shot" Corps - th e firstt Corps - th e fourth s. at Colw nbia, cl aim~ The C. I I ca nnot these four ev en br j_efly~ the many even ts enumerate, years the Battal i on particip of those ev ents th a t oc cur red, the five month s pr eceding and t hat ar my was i n four was the usual div i sions. accompanjment. concerned his unopposed th rough outfl anked , must . f a ll Sumter . Fort The last South of the y ear Carolin ~ . dur ing Thi.s 1864 was drawing Fort fro m the beg in ni ng of har bor ana. 1 t he key to t he metropo li s of our State fo rces . when John s on and Fort In Apr:i.1 1861 t h is stronghold the h ands of th e Confederate n ear . re ar ancl he to be free Ju st as Sava nnah fell the bone of co ntention 1861 t o t he e ar l y month of 1865~ Char leston the Bat talion As they went pill ag in g ana de vastat in g Char le st on, Fo rt M oultrie, Sumte r, so methi ng lar ge army throu gh Georgi a. onward march Sava nn ah was soon in his to pass ere d into but I must tell du r in g clo se of the War Bet ~~en ~he State s e Sherman was marching General · By t his the a tedt in which By shot in . was surrend- and. by sh e J.l 9 �- 2 - n i gh t and day t hey t r i ed these ga ll ant General of t he u. s. four y ears. Ever y as sa u l t fa il ed. Ste :p hen Elli ot t n ever lo v1ered h is fl ag. The Th e fi n es t vess el s Navy were in t he offing , watch i ng , waiti ng , y es / waiting un til Genera l Sher rn~ co uld un l ock our "back door ". and t hus open _our "f ro nt n doo r , " to t h e unwel come vi s i tor. " Toward t he l ast of Cadets with of Novemb er . 1864 , our Governor The Arse n al Cadets i n t o t he fie l d . Lieuts. Char l eston J. B. Pa tricJr: and reported of th e Ba tta l ion . 9 Capt. J.P. f orces Wh te , at t he Ci tade l, i were now endeavoring n ec~ i ons b etween Savanna h and Char l eston Savanna h Railr oad near under Thomas A. J. Nor ris , and R. O. Sams , pr oceed ed to t o Majo r J.B. Federal ordere d th e Bat te .lion c omr.ia der n to s ever con- by cutt i ng t he Char l eston and W rece i ved or ders to repor t to e Coos a:whatchee. Majo r - Genera l Samuel J ones. t he. Conf ed erat e Ctlmmander a t t ha t point. Ba t talion at Charleston boar ded the train we di semba 1~ked, and were ordered O t he s i xth the n Creek. t o pr ot ect t he t rest l e over Tul tf inny Bat t alion , supp orted Gr ea tl y outnumbe r ed , the Confederate on t he rai l road. ie s , i nc l uding aga i nst fo rces by t he Bat t a li on of Cadets. •· wer e ordered t o fa ll back an d Ear l y i n "the morn in g of th e 7t h , f our c ompan- the Battal i on of Cade t s , wit h a ba t"t er y of art i l l ery , moved the en emy. firin g a ll At Tul~finn y 1864 . en emy advan c ed f rom th ej_r base a t Gi,: gory Point e and were met by th e Goergia con centrate , December 4th, The The skir mishe rs s00B beca me engaged. a lo ng the li ne . The art ill ery s$ There vras rap i d became eng aged , but t he en emy broug ht up t ro ops i n over v1 elm i ng numb ers and , aga i n th e Confeder at es h were wi th draw n .to the r a ilro a d . about a mile from the railro ad . The :b,edera l s now est ablished Col. Edwards f ortif :ted h i s po s :i.ti on b e- h ind t he ra:i.l ro a d, esp ecia l ly n ear t h e t res tle t he Fe a.ere ls. during This was no t l ong del ayed . and awai t ed t h e at~ack of both inf an t ry and ar t :tll er y. of They moved for war d t wic~ th e 9th , but ea ch ti me W~ dr j_ ven off with . great dj_rect ed fire batter i es l oss by our well - The l os s of t h e Feder a l s �- 3 - Aft er thi s 7th and 9th , was esti mate d at 300. in th e t wo engagements , the - n,-, ,t;:;..,.L.L : ~, ,.-~. ... .:t ~ ·~ :1·ts th ey c-c~ ~ ~·~ c· •:~~J.1e e 1 ,.~e s C k ee ping up a steady by (UOad a ncl on our enc ampments i n the Ci t ad el · adets . no w the entire c attached offic ers of the Arsenal ch a,: rge of . : c ,:s.'· · · 20 Ba ttalion , was ordered Ellio tt 's bri ga de or comman d. 1 ;;.i \ --:;co nstituting _ , the .clos e of the great one hundr edf forty Now wa s their Stat e th a t dared fro m·t he union, to secede t hrough na opportunity rching his h er richest vas t to sh ow the first w at wa r meant a s they h te _r:i. tory . r e,,,/ , yet -still We were i n nu mber. Sherman was strug gl es. . exhausted The the · fou :1: cl ass who went to report th army th rough South Carolina wide swath o f de solation to Jame s Isl and and Acade my were now reman ded . to Columbia to t ak e f or dut y Janu ary 1st , 1865 , about n earing .O the . 25th of December 1 The n r ear . to Brigad i er-Genera l Stephen -· on the rail~ fire cut a The Sou th already . loy a l to the princip Sl S for which sh e fo ught and l suf iered , was witn essing t he advanc i ng ho sts dre w tighter still until h er "s trang le hold" was complete. sl ...,........... W omen and child .ren and fo r mer .sb l ves v✓ ere silent wi tn esses to the wan to n destruction and tighter of th e Federa l s as h er coils wherever the invaders J ames I sl and had. now, February f orce s . The Cit ade l Cadets I LPfO Hard u~ Corps , they • I foot had pressed.Ch 17th , 1865, bee n evac uated for med a uni t of this passe d thro ugh Cheraw , wher e they b eca me an integra s. c. either Fort Sumte r, by the Confederat co mr:i and. Jo ining and in to Nort h Caro li na , Colu mbia. of ca m follo wer s, stra gg l ers , robbers p fl ank and in the r ear , fattenin g on th e pr ey. Accompenyin g it - i n fro nt of , on O th e 10th of n FebTu ar y 1965 . fo r the l as t ti me, the .Arsen·a 1 Cadets . Capt . Thomas comm andin g.1were c a ll ed ou t .and,),pl ace d under was pl aced in ch ar g e of a small Confed er a te Com mand . battery A deta.c l1ment of Art ill ery gua rdin g the he a d of the b r id ge over the Cong aree River , t he Colu mbia end of t he b ri dg e . de tachment was with drawn after this bri dge vms bu rned by or der of the e Gener a l l par t of Gener a l Josp eh E. J ohnston t s co mm do an The vanguard of Sher man ' s army was now nearing was a vas t hor~e ar J.. s ton, e This �- 4 ·c0n federate appointed his Provo st General main Provost 16th , o~ the other archives of th e Cit adel t roops missioned tectin into 1865. c ommand attached city, were burned there for g th e city, This contin ued unt il to t ha t of General exit Beau r~gatd~ four co m- and, pro- d isorders of the 16th of equ i pped, on to join Cadets le ft th e retreating the t ro op s6 i, N. C. •· .Before d avm the City had b een pi erced_ by a. fai l ed to explode, the marks of it s entrance mute l'!r a..lo ng remainec1 a "witness to the '!.:andG' ism of t he J!' l ederals. co mmand t urned and call up the ghos ts of t he dep a rted c. A. Rai lro a d , South of Cha.rl e,.,.,..t.G,,,"'l,. , ou r Ea st war d, hopin g to esc ape Sherman r s advancing Wate r ee River Lancaster. She r man ' s forcef.l t urned our rear h ere turned t old him to see k their in t he ni ght , we marched e.t the guard , as we mr.rched the Ars ena l Corps safety . pa.stl o':7 :,_ / & Cro ssing the Garlington their O deta chmentSof ur The ho me of the writer At Wh e Oaks ,o n t he C. it W.:'?:B pushing qu i eting ent ran ce of While it But why par ticu l arize ~ to the n ear midnight a ir ecti on of Cha.rlette of Col umbia was in flames. a.nd its Thos e Order s h ad b een rece iv ed to joi n Genera l Gar li ngt on 1 s in th e shell. the bui l dings Academies . of Cadat s under t rave lin g in a Nor th Eas t er ly directi Par rott see med ~o be Above Col umbia , a pontoo n s a fety. Detachment of them were des troy- and with dra wn in and , the Arsen a l Cadets , li ghtly We were going th e City The fi ring by the Fed er als, '. prepa ra tory of fi c ers , were pa trollin were quickly fi r in g into Ci tade l and of th e Arsenal Colu mbi a. g property. February The l atter of the l aid ba de ts comprised St a te House bui l ding and against h a d be en sent br idge was b eing their the Academy . Arsenal i mportant River women and child ren were h e lpl ess . ed main l y against of the ed of ~he Congaree , v;as were nowt Februery Gener a l She rman r s forces side graduate over t he Ci ty and , the ·Arsenal Guard . Col umb ia where direct Gener a l E. M. Law , a Citadel Commander , .. Turning the ne x t day to wards same point into Cave.l ry . tha t we did and Lancaster . p Gen era l over to Capt . J. P. Thom~s and our course Northwestward we �. , - ' 5 - . marched this into point m rch. a North we went to Chester He ha d ordered ti me .we were the Spa~tanburg the th;i::s making an almosta.circle only or gan ized and were very co mfo rt a ble to rer !lain thus. the His last safety Cab in et meeting i nto Georgia on the morning of Greenville, Capt. was sent c. S. against the The city of April. was quic kly ta ken . tovrarcl s the sr..elt ered l ane just Savannah River from General t:he .President. ·, ~vas asked by the The City c1 ty au ithorities retaliation. excite ment. the Arsenal Cadets was now It The li ne of march l eft Green vi lle and after Ranks were bro ken but our arms br eak of day . in our h ands while were all we were waiting young. and none ov er ei ght ee n. it, t aken from th e old 0ormfence bordering but hi s last li ne of march and pursu it. was i n great fro m the exc ite ment preceding ground, and an escort. The colu rrm was halted Rer.1,mber the ca dets c been i n tr aining gave to wn of fli lliam s ton . were J.oaded and still :fas t. · the on the J>re si de nt :J>&'V"M A lar ge detachment the r ai ders , fe aring At midnight, Grant Cabinet to overt ake and arrest officer From l og hou ses Carolin a and held was di rect ly in their not to make a stand l ast General cro ssed of May 4th. St a te. Lee surrendered on the 26th. then · At Not long were we allowed ne a r. §outh s. c• • J>. Thomas . our commanding J. marched into to as a protection. Here we built Richmond with most of his , he passed in our reported command i n the to Greenville. surrendered in Abbeville, Ston eman ' s Cavalry miJ.itary St ate batt le h a d be en fou gh t. by leaving Stoppin g in Charlotte the end was drawing liber Rl te rms . Genera l Joh nston sought Spar ta .nburg. in our ne w encampment. Rapidly 9th of April.. us back into co mman marched d From to-Charlotte. ~ s . .c. , . marched Thence we mar.ched to Union and reaching Gov. Magrat h. this ~LJL Car olin a and eventually st i 11 holo ing th e lr Cava l ry f ir ed a volley into us. Only four Tired many had fallen the lo ac1ed rifles. for i n e. a hasty months had they frcm r ap id marching asleep l ane ; still br_eak- and ; sor.1e on r ai ls 6thers on the bare Suddenly , Stoneman' s The color ~£~~~ ~ raisea the flag e.nd_,~.; l.. '2~.r,•'-''-- �- ,;,,_ _/,~~-L ,J ~_,<,,,<,, b - 0 it while - seme protect~~ v~~lcyi n:g Rround . houses , the Cadets Certein d-eadly - ef -fe0t. . : flan ks as we continued molest us . where o. that l e to the ccnsidered Thornes written 1 agrath, '.'\ _ . fr or.i da te , lfay 9th , 1865, J.P of Capt. o. Li eut . R. t o keep his equ::i.prr.ent, arms , and amr: ni tion m Cadets ~e ache d Govevhor J .P. from Gov. A. G6 Cad e ts was The c ommancl con~A. J. Norris Lieut. Cadets ·~ until . and· r epo rting co mmand of Arsenal on e hundred - forty further " b ack t o Capt. days . Lieut., ,},-"' and , ask:i ~ thei::e orders sixty . at Newberry, . Thomas , Lieut . J . B. Patrick, Se.m and about s 1::,, t ime the end sent for on to . Thomas i n hj s oft ice Actin g under entire we marched J .P encampment situation chi ef' , the rest few days from the present the in st ruct:tons and Gr ee nwood and. en- . Governor had tr ansp ired further i"h Columbia , by sending of t he pHst to the carefully our mil i tary fur l oughed s i stea events t i me of t heir t hey d i d not Capt. Here Gov . Magrath , who was ~ events Magrath t he cava l rymen hvn g on ou.r W lliamston, i camp. l earned ; wi trr as was eJterwards Af t er a short our the ~..,_-Jr;- L,,.,_,e,L I ' I\ to wns of Bel ton Six. Adnii tted Greenvil into the we established i nstructions. This our march Sams to recount to hirr the and i s that , though t ovm/ of Ninety c or.1cunicat e d with R. it We pass eel through c amped i n the Newberry th e fire returnGd the r11se es beh ~nd tree s and outlv ~,_, Each was permitted c s.1 1ed for 1 fur J.ough was a lo ng one. , i nto by t he Stateo over sixty - one ye ars o Thus practically was disb1 .rncled the l ast organized milit ar y co mmand I East of t he ~ .1ississ - of the Confederacy. was fired · a l arge . by the Arsenal Cadets rrar bet ween the ana this }1 ederal Cavalry as we may , The :Ba a lion tt gan i zat io n of the th at th a t had b een an 1fntegral Thus , in the det a-chment of the Look at it ev ents i pp i n.iver St a te of South led up to th e l ast Ca rolina, after States they were pa r t of the armies , " The Las t Shot fired into by o of State Ca dets , a milit participated grea t stru gg les fo r State ayy or- act iv e l y in the Sover e i gnt y, . 11 �7 ., thro ughout cu rtain th at stru gg l (;) and unti1 fell at the cl ~s e of The Gre a t Drama~ The wr iter was an active t wo art icl es furnish The Ci ta.de 1. Called out by Gov. F. the sho t as they Shot w. in the events II o. J. and "The Las t Shot". na rr a t ed in th e Bond , President of Le t me rec apitu l ate. Pic ken s, the Cit ade l Cade t s f ire d the fir st shot States, i n h er a t tempt to reinfor the l ast participant ed at the requ es t of Col. " The First of th e War between \ "The Las t Shot" was fi rea as t he when "The Star ·· of th e W est" c e J!"or Sumter. t r ep ellea th e attack Gene ra l Stoneman of th e :B,ederal Army. was t urned And the Arsen a l Cadets made on th em by the ba ck f'i:::lcL:~ Cava lry of � Dublin Core The Dublin Core metadata element set is common to all Omeka records, including items, files, and collections. For more information see, http://dublincore.org/documents/dces/. Title A name given to the resource Sams, Robert Oswald, Civil War Reminiscences Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Description An account of the resource Robert Oswald Sams was in The Citadel's Class of 1861. He was assistant professor at The Arsenal Academy from April 1862 - May 1865. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sams, Robert Oswald, 1841-1930 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives & Museum Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. For more information contact The Citadel Archives & Museum, The Citadel, The Military College of South Carolina, Charleston, South Carolina, 29409. 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Title A name given to the resource "The Last Shot" by Robert Oswald Sams Subject The topic of the resource United States--History--Civil War, 1861-1865 Citadel, the Military College of South Carolina Description An account of the resource Robert Oswald Sams was in The Citadel's Class of 1861. He was assistant professor at The Arsenal Academy from April 1862 - May 1865. In this typescript Sams describes engagements by the Arsenal cadets during the war, including the battle of Tulifinny and their engagement at Williamston at the end of the war. Creator An entity primarily responsible for making the resource Sams, Robert Oswald, 1841-1930 Publisher An entity responsible for making the resource available The Citadel Archives & Museum Rights Information about rights held in and over the resource Materials in The Citadel Archives Digital Collections are intended for educational and research use. The user assumes all responsibility for identifying and satisfying any claimants of copyright. 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