Cleveland morning leader. [volume] (Cleveland [Ohio]) 1854-1865, 1861-01-07
FoRT MoULTRIr. Dec. &c. 1850.

ANAA AANAaAtsANf w. ~ ANeNs
My DEAR FATHER: Early this morning or
ders were given TO clear cut the women ant
non-combatants, and the day, in spite Of rain
and fog, has been one Of hard work. have
packed everything up except the simplest el.
ements of soldiers equipment-that is
knife and fork, toothbrush, revolver, and M
double barreled gun. A blanket or 50 complete
my Injuries.
The longest delay given US by the coolest
men is about twenty days, when the Com
missioners shall have returned from Washing
ton. Then you may look for the hardest kind
OF a storm. We are now so strong that we
expect to give such an account Of ourselves
as our friends need not be ashamed OF Yet
il will be almost unexampled in history that
so small ioTce should deliberately prepare
for what everybody now sees must be the re-
suit
There have been not few offers of aid
from the Northern States. Regiment would
come, and in plenty, and It is indeed one oi
the most cheering passages in our anxious ex-
perience that we have evidence of practical
sympathy. But NOT a man viii be accepted
unless by order of the proper Department At
Washington We will Try TO sustain the
credit Of our position with these few. The
spirit OF the men is noble; they are perfectly
up to the sentiment of doing their duty, and
perhaps one Of the best evidences of their
conduct may be found in the fact that not d
man has deserted, OF been drunk, for nearly
three months.
FoRT SuMTEB, Evening, Dec &c,
My DEAR FAThER Before this reaches you,
you will probably have learned that we have
literally "taken the bull by the horns. -
Soon after sunset this evening, we evacuated
Fort Moultrie, and are aow established in
this impregnable fortress, where we are per-
iectly unapproachable; while, at the same
time we command perfectly the harbor aud
Fort Moultrie itself. Vessels have been. sent
down every night, and have watched US
closely, with view to prevent this very move,
but we have weathered them. Hurrah for
Maj. Anderson We have man that is not
afraid of responsibility, and who had more
ordinarily guided public men. =
At Fort MOaltrie we could not fail to have
succumbed before The large force that was pro-
bably on the point of being launched against
US. Between batteries, close FIRE of rihemen
and few columns of ASSAULT we must have
been forced to yield; although it would not
have been without the loss, perhaps, of every
man there.
Maj. Anderson has been delighted with the
temper and spirit of this little command, not
a man ofwhich would have finched from any
struggle that might have befillen US. We
are not to be touched here. 1t is four times
as large as Fort Moultrie, but the walls are
sixty feet high, and no landing can be made.
There is but one regret; that is that FOrt
Moultrie could not hSYe been blown up
Tonight however, everything that can be
destroyed will be. lam sure Il general feel
ing of relief will be experienced by the country
at large at this step, taken solely upon Maj
Anderson's responsibility.
We all think we have done the right thing,
because we are stronger than ever and al
though we lett our old home with regret, and
disliked much to waste the labor that has
been lavished there, we are unquestionably
now in our right place and position as sol
diers and citizens. We did not leave from
fear, but because there our blood would have
uselessly shed. Here, such a thing is i'm
possible unless these people are determined
to butt their heads against these walls, and
hope they have brains enough left not 10 at.
tempt that. Tomorrow morning, the stars
and stripes viii be hoisted over our new pos.
ition, although the sight will sting South
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