Show UNWRITTEN HISTORY AN IMPORTANT MISSION PRECEDING THE occupation OF SUMTER don D carlos until to major anlizer iun on nt at rort moultrie alli frota from secretary fload all in tufit arn r before tile great generals of the late into war aro are rapidly passing away and there ther oare are now living 0 very few who achieved any considerable sider sid erable ablo distinction in the car fill sti smuggle ug between the states major general don cal bailos los buell although seventy four years of ago age is still enjoying excellent beadth at liis his home in muhlenburg county ky general brells buells connection all with ith some of the great campaigns of tho the ch chil ia war has passed into history b but lit the following f 0 statement slate ment of a fact whick had an important import ailt and aind direct bearing upon ill alie momentous events of tho the four succeeding years is herewith published fur for the first time eaily in december about one month after Lincol ns election is as president a cabinet inc meeting eting was waa held to consider the situation in charleston harbor where major anderson andersen mccu occupied pied rort fort moultrie with a garrison of but 10 1 mn men it was decided to s send end a discreet and able officer with instructions to Ani An lerson elerson inthe in thoi ery of things andersons andersone Ander sona conduct in the future was to be largo discretionary the mission was of the most delicate nature and it was a great compliment to euell buell then major nia jor that lie he WAS selected secretary of war alili 14 S aw 1 jin C na DON canlos EUELL BUELT floyd had ball a lon long interview with buell and went over the ground deiy thoroughly with him explain explaining in his views in detail so that there might lie be no misunderstanding in a matter fraught with so much importance to the nation euell buell proceeded to fort moultrie and of after ter communicating the verbal in instructions to anderson andersen suggested that lie ought to have some written evidence of them and then without awaiting a reply drew up the fol following louing document you are icare of the iho great anxiety 0 f the of war that a COINA collision of the troops v w ith the people of this state shall bo be a voided avoided and of lis h studied determination to pursue a corso vi with ill reference tot the lie military force forchand aid toris fora la in this harbor which shall guard agoust boch Ih collision lla lie has jhc thc carefully ab c bained from increasing inches the force at this point P int or taking any measures which maht add to the present excited of tho the publio public alcad drw or which lich would woul throw any doubt ou on tho the conal derico lie ho feels that south Caroll carolina w lit ill not nl ht tempt by violence to obtain posses possession iou of tile hie public works or interfere with their occupancy hut but ns as the counsel and acts of u aw lath and impulsive may Io possibly sibly d disappoint lit a po i lit lebo of tho the yo eminent he it that should bo be Ire v instructions to welt meet so unhappy U aicon con lichas lie has therefore directed me inc i cr lally bally to gh ell 0 you such you are cart cantallato fally to avoid every act which would needlessly tend to provoke pro volio agga sion and for that reaton 5 OU on oil nio 0 not 11 without eli c 1 dent and imin t necessity to tako up tiny noy po biou which could bo be construed lons Lous trued into tho as filla pt loll 1011 of A lost iello ile attitude to bold rOB casion of nf tile tho forts in this haiber and it if attacked to defend jour yourself self to the iho lait laa extremity tre mity ity tho the small of our force will not permit you to moro more than one of the ibo three fortt but an attack on or nn an attempt to take alto assion of any anyone one of them it ill bo regarded as ain an act of ho and 3 may then rut N our into inlo either of them which olt may 11 cm to 0 o iu creao its loceff reb resistance istance you are also authorized to tako take similar steps v y denever aou i ou lime liao tangible ta ti of proceed to a hob hostilia tilia act U D C B UL ria arti I 1 resistant adjutant S C dec ill iam this is an exact copy of the original instructions is now on ulo file in the war department part ment the secretary of war pl peeled the following this Is in conformity to my instructions to major duall buill bonsi B rloyd of war major duell buell fetui tied to washington arrivi arriving ug there on the alth of december one weel afterward south carolina seceded and bix days after that major Aw anderson lerson spiked the cannon burned tho the gun carriages cut down the flagstaff abandoned fort moultrie Moul trio and transferred his forces to sumter tile press I 1 instantly ns declared that major Aud abon citon had ac acted ted without willi out fir orders ders mr fr buchanan called upon god goa to witness that it was not only without but against lis his orders and against liis ids li policy ulicy secretary floyd also aho said that anderson had acted without orders the cabinet was called together immediately As A s 9 the members as assembled major buell was sent for and he came at once to the white house As the members proceeded to tho the room the criticisms ill upon u andersons Ander sens movements nyele severe and general gene ral all seemed to think that he hall had acted without orders Secie secretary tary floyd was loudly condemnatory of ande Ander sens action the existence of the order of dec 11 transmitted to major anderson And ernon by major buell seemed to be ig ignored or forgotten when the attention of the cabinet was called to them the m by judge black the order was at once produced from the war department nt the paper itself contained tho the in dorsell cut of the ecie tary of war who had probably never looked over it all ho II 11 0 immediately derrian demanded ded that the president campf compe 1 anderson lAnderson to retrace his bis steps and reenter re enter moultrie and when judge black and ar r A edwin 24 stanton stood it W up and prevented mr buchanan Buc hauan 6 from complying with liis his wishes lie he resigned his place in the cal cabinet Ariet A na N ELUS ellis |