.... It was certainly the act of an insane man to attempt the invasion of the South, and the overthrow of slavery, with less than twenty men. My father s... ...rginia, and north to the Western Reserve, in Ohio, west to Louisville, and south to Bourbon County, Kentucky, besides having driven or rid- den pretty... ...the east to the Rio Grande on the west, and from the Gulf of Mexico on the south and east to the territory of the United States and New Mexico—another... ...e debarka- tion, therefore, had to take place by small steamers, and at an island in the channel called Shell Island, the ships an- choring some miles... ...deck. After I had gone ashore, and had been on guard several days at Shell Island, quite six miles from the ship, I had oc- casion for some reason or ... ...l in the brain of a very weak and sick man. After reaching shore, or Shell Island, the labor of getting to Corpus Christi was slow and tedious. There ... ...membered by middle-aged people of to-day as one of great excitement. South Carolina promptly seceded after the result of the Presidential election was... ...h of April Fort Sumter, a National fort in the harbor of Charleston, South Carolina, was fired upon by the Southerners and a few days after was captur... ...ymond. Johnston had been reinforced; during the night by Georgia and South Carolina regiments, so that his force amounted to eleven thousand men, and ...