Page 194 [02-27-1861] | Lehigh Preserve

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Includes a newspaper clipping written by Gunn for the ''Evening Post'' concerning pre-war events and attitudes in Charleston.

Full Title

Page 194 [02-27-1861]

Member of

Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Fifteen

Alternative Title

Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Fifteen: page one hundred and ninety-four

Contributor(s)

Creator: Gunn, Thomas Butler

relators:pbl: Missouri History Museum

Publisher

Missouri History Museum

Date Issued

1861-02-27

Language

English

Type

Form

Document

Subject (General)

Subject (Geographic)

[New York, New York]; Charleston, South Carolina

Media type

Date Captured

2010-05-20

Identifier

call number A0632

islandora gunn_3296

Subject (LCSH)

Charleston Hotel (Charleston, S.C.)

Gunn, Thomas Butler

Lincoln, Abraham

Maverick, Augustus

New York evening post.

New York tribune.

Ramsay, Russell (Buckstone)

Vigilance committees

Record Origin

Converted from Dublin Core to MODS during migration from CONTENTdm to Islandora

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Title Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries

Gunn, . T. B. (1861). Page 194 [02-27-1861] (1–). https://preserve.lehigh.edu/node/291469

Gunn, Thomas Butler. 1861. “Page 194 [02-27-1861]”. https://preserve.lehigh.edu/node/291469.

Gunn, Thomas Butler. Page 194 [02-27-1861]. 27 Feb. 1861, https://preserve.lehigh.edu/node/291469.

In Sub-Collections

Thomas Butler Gunn Diaries, Volume Fifteen

Describes Gunn's experience as a correspondent for ""The New York Evening Post"" in Charleston, South Carolina, in the aftermath of South Carolina's secession from the federal government, including a conflict between A.H. Colt and Mr. Woodward, a visit to Sullivan's Island, John Mitchel's tale of assisting with the lynching of an abolitionist, attending a celebration in honor of Benjamin Mordecai, Will Waud's arrival in Charleston, the scene in Charleston the day the ''Star of the West'' was fired upon by the Morris Island battery, pistol and rifle practice with various Charlestonians, a rumor in New York about his having been tarred and feathered in Charleston, a visit to the quarters of the ''Richland Rifles,'' witnessing a slave auction, and a visit to Colonel Bull's home.