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Charleston (SC) Mercury, “The Naval Preparations at the North,” April 8, 1861 Newspaper
Chicago (IL) Tribune, “How To Execute It,” April 8, 1861 Newspaper
New York Times, “Wise Rampant,” April 9, 1861 Newspaper
Memphis (TN) Appeal, "The Underground Railroad," April 9, 1861 Newspaper
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “What Does It All Mean?,” April 9, 1861 Newspaper
Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Prepare to Howl!,” April 10, 1861 Newspaper
Fayetteville (NC) Observer, "Alarming News," April 11, 1861 Newspaper
New York Times, “Slave Insurrections,” April 12, 1861 Newspaper
Chicago (IL) Tribune, “War Inaugurated!,” April 13, 1861 Newspaper
General P. G. T. Beauregard's General Order Number 20, April 14, 1861, Charleston, South Carolina Military record
New York Herald, “Apprehensions of an Attack on Washington,” April 14, 1861 Newspaper
New Orleans (LA) Picayune, “Lincoln’s War Talk,” April 15, 1861 Newspaper
Cleveland (OH) Herald, “The Dread Arbitrament of War,” April 15, 1861 Newspaper
Richmond (VA) Dispatch, “Retaliation,” April 15, 1861 Newspaper
Entry by Josie Underwood, April 15, 1861 Diary
Proclamation by Mayor Fernando Wood of New York City, April 15, 1861 Executive record
Abraham Lincoln, Presidential Proclamation, April 15, 1861, Washington , DC Executive record
Entry by Catherine Edmondston, April 15, 1861 Diary
Chicago (IL) Tribune, “Quick, Sharp, and Decisive,” April 15, 1861 Newspaper
Entry by George Templeton Strong, April 15, 1861 Diary