Correspondence, 1861.

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Correspondence, 1861.

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Correspondence, 1861 Jan. 3-4, between Todd in Mobile, Mobile Co., Ala. and Ala. Governor A.G. Moore in Montgomery, Montgomery Co., Ala. Consists of telegrams from Moore to Todd, ordering him and the First Volunteer Regiment to occupy both Fort Morgan and Fort Gaines, and to take possession of the U.S. arsenal at Mt. Vernon, all of which were located in Ala. Moore explained these were precautionary measures to protect Ala., and not "an act of hostility towards the Federal Government". A letter of the same date from Moore explains his reasoning for occupying the forts and arsenal in greater detail. There is also a letter, 1861 Jan. 4, from Todd, in Fort Morgan, to Gov. Moore, in Montgomery, reporting the successful completion of his mission, and the general conditions of the forts. These actions occurred before the Ala. secession convention began meeting.

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Fort Gaines (Ala.)

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Fort Morgan (Ala.)

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Moore, A. B. (Andrew Barry), 1807-1873

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Born in Spartanburg District, South Carolina, Andrew B. Moore (1807-1873) was a lawyer and the Governor of Alabama from 1857 until the outbreak of the Civil War. On December 24, 1860, Moore issued writs of election, leading to the Secession Convention of 1861. During the war, he was appointed a special aide-de-camp under General Albert Sidney Johnston. A contemporary of Moore, John Willis Ellis (1820-1861) was a lawyer, judge, and the Governor of North Carolina from 1859...

Todd, John B. S. (John Blair Smith), 1814-1872

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Todd was a colonel in the First Volunteer Regiment of Ala. in 1861. From the description of Correspondence, 1861. (Unknown). WorldCat record id: 122368256 Relative of Mary Todd Lincoln and friend to both of the Lincolns. With them in Washington at the time of the assassination. From the description of Letters, April 15-May 1, 1865. (Abraham Lincoln Presidential Library). WorldCat record id: 52332798 ...

Alabama. Volunteer Regiment, 1st.

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