Robert E. Lee Camp 1640, Sons of Confederate Veterans

Robert E. Lee Camp 1640, Sons of Confederate Veterans The Confederate Soldier was no different from soldiers of the Continental Army of the American Revolution.

We are an organization of Southern men that knows itself to be and is widely seen by others as the pre-eminent authority on Southern Heritage, dedicated to telling "the rest of the story" regarding the Confederate States of America. The Sons of Confederate Veterans is dedicated to preserving the TRUE history and legacy of the Confederate Soldier, which is very different from what is taught in the current politically correct world we live in today. The Confederate soldier won the admiration of the world by his courageous fight against an enemy that was overwhelming in numbers, equipment and implements of war and was bent on coercing their states back into the Union. With very few exceptions, they were volunteers who were simply defending their homeland from the invading army of a foreign power from which their states had legally and constitutionally seceded in the same way that their ancestors in the original 13 colonies had seceded from England almost 100 years prior. They were patriots and freedom fighters, who understood their call to duty as their ancestors had in their struggle against the British. Although they were defeated, they left us traditions of faith in God, duty, honor, chivalry, and courage, and they left their family and descendants a heritage of glory for all time to come. However, the victor is the one who gets to write the history, and unfortunately a lot of reality and truth has been lost in tales of Federal glory and other propaganda, mistruth and omission that permeates textbooks, influences the writings of “historians” and makes a lie of the teachings of university professors. Rarely in our educational system are our children taught about the real reasons the Southern states seceded, the real reasons for war and especially not the true stories of Southern civilians and Civil Servants - men, women, and children, black and white — who were put through incredible hardships and horrific atrocities at the hands of Federal soldiers and other authorities that don’t make it into the history books - their property stolen, homes burned, and thousands killed in the defense thereof or in many cases for no reason at all, both during and after the war. Aside from that, there is a conscious and motivated movement to denigrate the memory and reputation of the Confederate soldier, as well as the motives for his suffering, sacrifice and reasons for fighting. These are continually being tarnished and assaulted by some in an attempt to alter history to suit their own interests and support their narrative – to in effect eventually remove all things Confederate from view and from history. When you add in the education issue, the problem becomes much larger. If these efforts are successful, a unique and very important part of our nation’s cultural heritage and history will cease to exist. As descendants of these heroes, we work with civic organizations, schools, scouting groups and other historic preservation organizations to resist these efforts and preserve the Confederate Soldier’s good name and legacy of Duty, Honor, Integrity, and Chivalry. The SCV is not linked to or affiliated with any other group, is not political or sectional, and rejects any group or individual whose actions tarnish or distort the image of the Confederate Soldier, the flags he fought under or his reasons for fighting. Please contact us HERE for further information, or visit the SCV’s web site at www.scv.org.

Credit: Jim HarrelsonSeptember 7, 1862, The “Maryland Proclamation”. C.S. President Jefferson Davis states clearly and d...
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September 7, 1862, The “Maryland Proclamation”.
C.S. President Jefferson Davis states clearly and describes why the Confederate States are defending themselves against U.S. President Lincoln's illegal invasion and War in the “Maryland Proclamation”, to Robert E. Lee.
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Jefferson Davis's Maryland Proclamation

RICHMOND, VA.,
September 7, 1862
General R. E. LEE, Commanding, &c.:

SIR: It is deemed proper that you should, in accordance with established usage, announce, by proclamation to the people of Maryland, the motives and purposes of your presence among them at the head of an invading army, and you are instructed in such proclamation to make known--

1st. That the Confederate Government is waging this war solely for self-defense; that it has no design of conquest, or any other purpose than to secure peace and the abandonment by the United States of their pretensions to govern a people who have never been their subjects, and who prefer self-government to a union with them.

2d. That this Government, at the very moment of its inauguration, sent commissioners to Washington to treat for a peaceful adjustment of all differences, but that these commissioners were not received, nor even allowed to communicate the object of their mission; and that, on a subsequent occasion, a communication from the President of the Confederacy to President Lincoln remained without answer, although a reply was promised by General Scott, into whose hands the communication was delivered.

3d. That among the pretexts urged for continuance of the war, is the assertion that the Confederate Government desires to deprive the United States of the free navigation of the Western rivers, although the truth is that the Confederate Congress, by public act, prior to the commencement of the war, enacted that "the peaceful navigation of the Mississippi River is hereby declared free to the citizens of any of the States upon its boundaries, or upon the borders of its navigable tributaries," a declaration to which this Government has always been, and is still, ready to adhere.

4th. That now, at a juncture when our arms have been successful, we restrict ourselves to the same just and moderate demand that we made at the darkest period of our reverses, the simple demand that the people of the United States should cease to war upon us, and permit us to pursue our own path to happiness, while they in peace pursue theirs.

5th. That we are debarred from the renewal of formal proposals for peace by having no reason to expect that they would be received with the respect mutually due by nations in their in*******se, whether in peace or in war.

6th. That, under these circumstances, we are driven to protect our own country by transferring the seat of war to that of an enemy, who pursues us with a relentless and, apparently, aimless hostility; that our fields have been laid waste, our people killed, many homes made desolate, and that rapine and murder have ravaged our frontiers; that the sacred right of self-defense demands that, if such a war is to continue, its consequences shall fall on those who persist in their refusal to make peace.

7th. That the Confederate army, therefore, comes to occupy the territory of their enemies, and to make it the theater of hostilities; that with the people themselves rests the power to put an end to this invasion of their homes, for, if unable to prevail on the Government of the United States to conclude a general peace, their own State government, in the exercise of its sovereignty, can secure immunity from the desolating effects of warfare on the soil of the State by a separate treaty of peace, which this Government will ever be ready to conclude on the most just and liberal basis.

8th. That the responsibility thus rests on the people of ------- continuing an unjust and oppressive warfare upon the Confederate States--a warfare which can never end in any other manner than that now proposed. With them is the option of preserving the blessings of peace by the simple abandonment of the design of subjugating a people over whom no right of dominion has ever been conferred, either by God or man.

JEFFERSON DAVIS.

Source: Official Records of the War of the Rebellion

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September 7, 1861, The Road from Sumter -144

“‘women of Baltimore presume upon their s*x, and wear secession colors, and salute our boys with—" Hurrah for Jeff Davis!" " How about Bull Run?" " Why don't you go home ?"

Harper’s Weekly, Reporting on Secessionist Sentiment in occupied Maryland.

“LIFE AMONG THE REBELS”

WE devote page 561 to an illustration of a scene which will be familiar to all the volunteers who have been quartered in Baltimore. It represents A FEMALE SECESSIONIST FLAUNTING HER COLORS in the face of our troops. This has been an everyday incident at Baltimore ever since the 19th April. The men dare not insult the troops, but the women of Baltimore presume upon their s*x, and wear secession colors, and salute our boys with—" Hurrah for Jeff Davis!" " How about Bull Run?" " Why don't you go home ? " -vastly to the amusement of our fellows.

Another picture on page 565, from a sketch by the artist to whom we are indebted for so many life-like sketches of the rebels, represents THE BAR OF THE SPOTSWOOD HOUSE at Richmond, Virginia, where the rebel officers most congregate. It is a good spot to hear abuse of Northerners and abolitionists, and, judging from the reports of prisoners, the swearing done there beats the performance of "our army in Flanders" all to nothing.

Again, on page 569 we give a picture of THE OLD MARKET-PLACE AT WI******ER, VIRGINIA, which, our correspondent says, now presents a very animated appearance. It is the headquarters of the militia for half a dozen counties, and there are generally from 6000 to 8000 men there who are kept constantly at work drilling. Each regiment serves for two weeks, and is then replaced by another, and after a fortnight's furlough returns to Wi******er. Late rumors, which need confirmation, however, assert that [U.S.] General Banks is in possession of Wi******er.
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Review of events leading up to September 7, 1861:
- April 12, 1861 - As a U.S. fleet began to arrive in Charleston to land 300 troops at Fort Sumter (Act of War), C.S. General Beauregard’s offer to evacuate U.S. Major Anderson from Ft. Sumter was refused, and the Bombardment began. Florida is invaded, and Fort Pickens is reinforced!
- April 13, 1861 - Second Wave of States Secession Begins
- April 14, 1861 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln with his cabinet drafts a proclamation ordering the states to provide 75,000 troops to illegally invade C.S. States. He then calls for a special session of Congress to begin July 4, 1861, and confirms by letter to Fox that his intent was to provoke Confederate army into firing.
- April 15, 1861 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln usurps the Constitution and the U.S. Congress and ordered governors to provide 75,000 troops to illegally invade C.S. States. Lincoln has now formally declared war on the seven Confederate States of America without the consent of the U.S. Congress, and carrying out further invasion of Florida by reinforcing Fort Pickens.
- April 17, 1861 - Virginia votes to secede, CS President Davis acknowledges that "a state of war exists" with the US, and USS Powhatan arrives in Pensacola flying English colors with 200 plus more reinforcements.
- April 18, 1861 - Lee meets with Scott to discuss Blair offer, Gov. Isham Harris calls Tennessee Legislature to special session over Lincoln's unlawful invasion of South Carolina and Florida.
- April 19, 1861 - U.S. Troops fire on Citizens of Baltimore Maryland rioting against federal occupation, and calling for secession due to Lincoln’s actions, under fear of federal tyranny and Lincoln’s usurpation of the U.S. Constitution
- April 20, 1861 - U.S. Commodore McCauley plans and executes the demolition and evacuation of Virginia’s ports.
- April 23, 1861 - Virginia ratifies the Constitution and officially joined the Confederate States of America, and the Governor has appointed Robert E. Lee to command Virginia’s Armies and Navy to defend against Lincoln’s 75,000 man invasion force. Gen. George McClellan (US) orders the invasion of Virginia.
- April 25, 1861 - Following Missouri's refusal to commit troops to Lincoln's illegal invasion, Capt. James H. Stokes from Chicago, IL, leads an invasion force of Illinois troops to steam from Alton Illinois to St. Louis Missouri, to secretly seize 10,000 muskets from the St. Louis arsenal for use by Illinois U.S. troops at Alton.
- April 26, 1861 - Abraham Lincoln orders U.S. General Winfield Scott to arrest the state of Maryland’s Legislature, and imprison them without charges, unless they vote against secession. (Usurpation and Extortion)
- April 27, 1861 - Lincoln orders expansion of the "Anaconda Plan" to include Commonwealth states of Virginia and North Carolina, without consent of Congress (Act of War)
- April 28, 1861 - California Moves Toward Secession and Independence
- April 29, 1861 - The Corwin Amendment goes to the state Legislatures for Ratification. U.S. President Abraham Lincoln has personally urged all governors to support this Amendment making chattel slavery “permanent and irrevocable” in all states “loyal to the Union.”
- May 3, 1861 - Lincoln issues a war “Proclamation #83”, without the consent of the U.S. Congress, again usurping the U.S. Constitution.
- May 6, 1861 - The state of Arkansas votes to secede from the Union
- May 7, 1861 - The legislature of the state of Tennessee votes to secede from the Union and referred the action to a vote of the people of Tennessee to be held June 8.
- May 10, 1861 - Camp Jackson, Missouri slaughter of civilians by Capt. Nathaniel Lyon following unprovoked arrest of Gen. Frost's militia. The fight for control of Missouri is on!
- May 12, 1861 - U.S. Troops illegally invaded the Commonwealth of Maryland confiscated fi****ms and arrested any political figure that expressed opposition to Lincoln’s government.(Act of War)
- May 13, 1861 - Lincoln’s illegal blockade against American states is officially regarded as an act of war, giving the Confederacy “Belligerent Rights” and recognition under international law.
- May 15,1861 - Lincoln’s Federal troops, U.S. General Nathaniel Lyon, invade Missouri’s capital and draw the first blood in both an Act of War, and openly committed War Crimes on American Citizens during the “Camp Jackson Massacre”.
- May 16, 1861 - Kentucky’s Governor and Legislature reject Lincoln’s request for troops, Committee on Federal Relations passes a “Resolution of Neutrality”, and protesting the U.S. Governments attempts to subjugate Confederate States.
- May 19, 1861 - The first Confederate combat Victory in Virginia. Virginia State Militia and C.S. troops from Georgia under the command of Captain Peyton H. Colquitt.
- May 21, 1861 - North Carolina Secedes! “whereas, this high-handed act of tyrannical outrage is not only in violation of all constitutional law, in utter disregard of every sentiment of humanity and Christian civilization”ich does not allow negro persons to be fully counted for representation.
- May 22, 1861 - Missouri declares its “neutrality” in the secession crisis and rejects providing troops to the Union army, stating "Your requisition, in my judgement, is illegal, unconstitutional, and revolutionary in its object, inhumane and diabolical, and cannot be complied with" and like Kentucky, remains a “slave state”, under federal occupation, in Lincoln’s Union until after his war.
- May 23, 1861 - The people of Virginia formalize secession, Arkansas is admitted to the C.S., Virginia’s Fort Monroe is illegally reinforced by U.S. Troops, and Colonel Thomas Jackson conducts a raid on the B&O Railroad Depot near Harper’s Ferry Virginia, cutting U.S. supply lines on Lincoln’s most probable overland invasion route.
- May 24, 1861 - U.S. General George B. McClellan orders Federal troops to cross the Potomac River under the cover of night, invade the Commonwealth of Virginia and occupy the city of Alexandria. [Act of War], resulting in the first death of a US officer.
-May 25, 1861 - U.S. President Lincoln’s Federal troops have illegally declared martial law in Baltimore Maryland, arrests and confiscation of fi****ms begin. The Chickasaw Nation Joins the Confederate States of America.
- May 26, 1861 - Virginia Militia and C.S. forces from 9 states respond to Lincoln’s illegal invasion of Alexandria and Western Virginia.
- May 28, 1861 - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Roger Taney issues rulings citing Lincoln’s direct violations of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, Lincoln responded by issuing an order to arrest Justice Taney!
- May 31, 1861 - A U.S. Invasion force is reported to be massing near Manassas Junction Virginia.
- June 1, 1861 - The Battle of Fairfax Court House took place and was the first direct land engagement in Lincoln’s invasion of American States resulting in combat casualties.
- June 4, 1861 - The Union victory at Philippi propels U.S. General McClellan to national prominence; Republican operatives gain influence the Second Wheeling Convention, leading Western Virginia on the path to secession from Virginia, and the first successful battlefield amputations of the war were performed.
- June 8, 1861 - Secession of the State of Tennessee is overwhelmingly approved by the people by a vote of 104,471 to 47,183.
- June 9, 1861 - U.S. Maj. Winthrop is killed by an African American Confederate, Sam Ashe, 1st North Carolina, Company D, while attempting to lead a federal invasion force into Virginia. See less
- June 13, 1861 - A series of unprovoked and unparalleled outrages by the federal army causes Gov. Claiborne Jackson to call up the Missouri Militia to defend against further outrages by Lyon and the federal Army.
- June 17, 1861 - The Governor of Missouri issued a proclamation to raise 50,000 State Guard Troops to defend against federal invasion; federal troops are ordered to seize the state capital and arrest the Governor and Legislature. The Governor and Legislature flee Jefferson City and form a resistance. Meanwhile, Republican operatives have begun setting up an Illegal, unelected “rump” government and General Nathaniel Lyon ordered 1700 well armed U.S. troops to engage a newly formed group of Missouri State Guardsmen (M.S.G.), under the command of M.S.G. Colonel John S. Marmaduke, alongside Governor Jackson, Lyon’s troops captured Boonville Missouri.
- June 23, 1861 - Major-General George B. McClellan, U. S. Army, Commanding, illegally declares martial law in the occupied countries of western Virginia. See less
- June 24, 1861 - The French Emperor follows Great Britain in declaring neutrality and formally recognizing “Concession of belligerent rights” to the Confederate States of America.
- June 27, 1860 - U.S. Commander James H. Ward ordered an illegal invasion of King County Virginia, which was repulsed. U.S. Commander Ward was killed in the attempt, becoming the first U.S. Navy officer to be killed in Lincoln’s attack on Confederate States.
- June 28, 1861 - Tennessee legislature passed an act authorizing Governor Isham Green Harris, "at his discretion to receive into the military service of the State all male free persons of color, between the ages of 15 and 50"
- June 30, 1861 - Confederate Steam Cruiser C.S.S. Sumter breaks through the illegal U.S. Federal Blockade at New Orleans, Commanded by Captain Raphael Semmes, who would become noted as one of the most feared and effective naval commanders in American history.
-July 2, 1861 - U.S. Federal troops had crossed the Potomac River and were marching south. C.S. Colonel Jackson ordered the 5th Virginia Regiment north along the Valley Turnpike to meet the invaders.
- July 4, 1861 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln address congress boldly admitting to usurping the U.S. Constitution, and taking military action with consent of congress.
- July 5, 1861 - U.S. Troops attack Governor Jackson’s Missouri State Guardsmen at Carthage Missouri, and Missouri troops prevailed with help from C.S. Calvary. Governor Jackson gives up hope for his state’s neutrality and seeks allegiance with the C.S.A.
- July 6, 1861 - U.S. Federal troops had crossed the Potomac River and were marching south. Colonel Jackson ordered the 5th Virginia Regiment north along the Valley Turnpike to meet the invaders.
-July 10, 1861 - Charles Benedict Calvert, a U.S. Representative from Maryland, writes U.S. President Abraham Lincoln regarding the resolution U.S. House, protesting the federal confiscation of slave property for Maryland residents without compensation. Note: Illegal Federal “contraband camps” began to be established in U.S. occupied areas.
- July 11, 1861 - U.S. Senate Expels remaining Ten Southern Members, U.S. President Lincoln continues arresting his political opponents without warrants or charges, in direct violation of the U.S. Constitution and Supreme Court.
- July 17, 1861 - A Confederate victory slows the U.S. Invasion of Virginia, C.S General P.G.T. Beauregard prepares C.S. Defenders to meet U.S. troops, in force, at Manassas Junction in Virginia.
- July 21, 1861 - U.S. General Winfield Scott and U.S. General George McClellan have ordered U.S. General Irvin McDowell's invasion force of ~35,000 troops, named the “Army of Northeastern Virginia”, to make the first major push to capture the C.S. Capital in Richmond Virginia, at Manassas Rail Junction. (Bull Run). C.S. forces Commanded by Generals P.G..T. Beauregard and General Robert E. Lee successfully defended against the U.S. attack, sending U.S. forces in a humiliating headlong retreat back to Washington D.C.
- July 24, 1861 - U.S. Congress passed the Johnson-Crittenden “War Aims Resolution(s)” officially declaring war on seceded American states however, offer’s slavery to be established as “permanent and irrevocable” in all states if they pay the 48% Morrill Tariffs and return to the Union.
- July 27, 1861 - After a series of stunning federal defeats, Abraham Lincoln relieved U.S. General Irvin McDowell of his command and appointed U.S. General George B. McClellan as Commander of the newly formed Federal Army of the Potomac.
- August 1, 1861 - The Empire of Brazil joins Great Britain, Spain and France, by officially recognizing the “belligerent status” of the Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) and begins trade relations.
-August 2, 1861 - Missouri State Guardsmen backed by C.S. Forces kill and capture ~600 U.S. “Hessian” German militia near the capital of Springfield.
- August 5, 1861 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln creates the forerunner of the Internal Revenue Service with the Revenue Act of 1861.
- August 6, 1861 - U.S. President Lincoln signed the Confiscation Act of 1861, which officially ordered his Union forces to “confiscate” all slaves and other “property” used to “support the Confederacy”.
-August 10, 1861 - U.S. General Lyon ordered ~6000 troops, commanded by U.S. Generals Sigel and Sturgis, to surprise Missouri’s forces in an early morning attack at “Wilson’s Creek”. General Lyon became the first Federal General to be killed in the war, and the defeated U.S. federal forces retreated to Rolla.
- August 12, 1861 - U.S. Commander General McClellan prohibits the northern press from “chronicling battles”.
- August 13, 1861 - A third assassination attempt is reported on U.S. President Lincoln reported, northern papers are not permitted to report the events.
- August 16, 1861 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs “Proclamation 86”, it formerly acknowledged the secession of sovereign states and their “Belligerent status”, and it strengthened the previous “Confiscation Act”.
-August 19, 1861 - The C.S. Congress votes in favor of admitting the Missouri Republic into the Confederacy.
- August 24, 1861 - C.S. President Jefferson Davis names James M. Mason as commissioner to Great Britain, and John Slidell as Commissioner to France.
- August 27, 1861 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln illegally unilaterally suspends the U.S. Constitution’s “Writ of Habeas Corpus”, without the consent of congress, and declares martial law.
- August 28, 1861 - U.S. Naval squadrons attack and invade the North Carolina coast at Cape Hatteras Inlet.
- August 30, 1861 - U.S. General John C. Fremont is reprimanded by US President Lincoln, and is removed from his command of occupation forces in Missouri and the Department of the West after attempting to illegally institute “emancipation”.
- September 3, 1861 - C.S. Major General Leonidas Polk, on his own authority, orders an invasion of neutral Kentucky and occupies the port at Columbus, giving the C.S. Forces strategic control of the upper Mississippi River, high bluffs and railroad depot.
- September 5, 1861 - The British ships successfully run through Lincoln’s federal blockading fleet stationed off the coast of Charleston SC, bringing relief supplies from Europe to Morehead City NC.
-September 6th, 1861 - U.S. Troops under the command of General Ulysses S. Grant illegally Invade Kentucky and occupy Paducah and Southland, with strategic control at the mouths of the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers.

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“If the Confederate States, ever had any doubt as to the necessity of a separation from the people of the North, that doubt would be removed by the recklessness with which they allow their own liberties to be trampled on. They appear to have no idea of free Government. Those necessary restraints on power — those nicely adjusted balances, by which justice and liberty are secured in a free government, are not understood.”

- Report of the Confederate Committee of Foreign Affairs, 1861.

Maryland Division, Sons of Confederate VeteransThey take them down — and we put them back up!After being vandalized and ...
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Maryland Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans

They take them down — and we put them back up!

After being vandalized and toppled from its plinth in 2020, I am pleased to announce that the B. Welch Owens statuary has now been securely mounted on its new plinth at Confederate Memorial Park in Scotland, Maryland — a safe, permanent location where it will be rededicated on October 10, 2026.

A heartfelt thank‑you to all who contributed to this worthwhile effort, including the members of Mount Calvary Anglican Church, Confederate Memorial Park, and the Maryland Division, Sons of Confederate Veterans. Your dedication made this restoration possible.

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September 6, 1861, The Road from Sumter -143

“numerous secession flags flying over the city, making it apparent that the citizens were anticipating the approach of the rebel army”
U.S. General Ulysses S. Grant, on his own authority, Invades Kentucky and occupies Paducah and Southland, with strategic control at the mouths of the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers.

Lincoln’s Republican operatives within the Kentucky legislature had urged U.S. Gen. Grant’s forces to enter Kentucky without the consent of Governor Beriah Magoffin. This in response to C.S. Brigadier General Gideon Johnson Pillow’s invasion and occupation of the port at Columbus, giving the C.S. Forces strategic control of the upper Mississippi River, high bluffs and railroad depot.

On September 5, U.S. General Grant had sent multiple messages explaining his military designs to U.S. General Fremont in St. Louis, and because he had received no responses, he went ahead with his move to Paducah on his own authority. Afterward, Grant sent a message explaining his action to Fremont about setting out from Cairo Illinois:

“I left Cairo at 10:30 o’clock last night, taking two gunboats and three steamboats, with the Ninth Illinois, under Gen. E.A. Paine; the Twelfth Illinois, under Col. J. McArthur, and Smith’s battery, four pieces light artillery, under Lieutenant Willard. I met with some detention at Mound city, owing to an accident to one of the steamers, creating a necessity for a transfer of troops. During the detention I was joined by Captain Foote, U.S. Navy, who accompanied the expedition.”

U.S. General Grant’s fleet arrived at Paducah at 8:30 a.m. on September 6, and encountered numerous secession flags flying over the city, making it apparent that the citizens were anticipating the approach of the rebel army. Grant wrote that as he approached the city, C.S. Brigadier General Lloyd Tilghman and his staff left by the railroad, taking with them all the rolling stock. Grant was able to land his troops and take possession of the city without firing a gun.

Colonel John McArthur's 12th Illinois regiment landed at the Marine Hospital, which was in the lower part of the city, and U.S. Brigadier General Eleazer A. Paine's 9th Illinois regiment landed at the foot of Broadway. The 12th Illinois took control of the hospital, and the 9th Illinois marched up Broadway toward the Ohio and New Orleans railroad depot. In his report to Frémont, Grant noticed that before the soldiers disembarked, all of the secession flags had disappeared, and after landing, Grant had U.S. flags raised in their place.

After taking control of the railroad depot, Grant stated that many complete rations and almost two tons of leather were found, which he said was marked for the Confederate army.

Sources: Cashon, John Philip. Paducah and the Civil War. Mount Pleasant, SC: Arcadia Publishing, 2016.
Simon, Papers, 2:193; Charles A. De Arnaud, The Union, and Its Ally, Russia: An Historical Narrative of the Most Critical and Exciting Period of Our Late War. Reminiscences of Col. Charles A. de Arnaud (Washington, D.C.: Gibson Bros. Printers and Bookbinders, 1890.), 10-11.
Ulysses S. Grant, Personal Memoirs of U.S. Grant, 2 vols. (New York: Charles L. Webster, 1885-1886), 1:80; O.R., I, 3, 150; O.R., I, 4, 197.
Simon, Papers, 2:196.
Frank Moore, The Rebellion Record: A Diary of American Events, with Documents, Narratives, Illustrative Incidents, Poetry, Etc., 12 vols. (New York: G. P. Putnam/Henry Holt, 1864-1868), 3:67; O.R., I, 4, 197.
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Review of events leading up to September 6, 1861:
- April 12, 1861 - As a U.S. fleet began to arrive in Charleston to land 300 troops at Fort Sumter (Act of War), C.S. General Beauregard’s offer to evacuate U.S. Major Anderson from Ft. Sumter was refused, and the Bombardment began. Florida is invaded, and Fort Pickens is reinforced!
- April 13, 1861 - Second Wave of States Secession Begins
- April 14, 1861 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln with his cabinet drafts a proclamation ordering the states to provide 75,000 troops to illegally invade C.S. States. He then calls for a special session of Congress to begin July 4, 1861, and confirms by letter to Fox that his intent was to provoke Confederate army into firing.
- April 15, 1861 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln usurps the Constitution and the U.S. Congress and ordered governors to provide 75,000 troops to illegally invade C.S. States. Lincoln has now formally declared war on the seven Confederate States of America without the consent of the U.S. Congress, and carrying out further invasion of Florida by reinforcing Fort Pickens.
- April 17, 1861 - Virginia votes to secede, CS President Davis acknowledges that "a state of war exists" with the US, and USS Powhatan arrives in Pensacola flying English colors with 200 plus more reinforcements.
- April 18, 1861 - Lee meets with Scott to discuss Blair offer, Gov. Isham Harris calls Tennessee Legislature to special session over Lincoln's unlawful invasion of South Carolina and Florida.
- April 19, 1861 - U.S. Troops fire on Citizens of Baltimore Maryland rioting against federal occupation, and calling for secession due to Lincoln’s actions, under fear of federal tyranny and Lincoln’s usurpation of the U.S. Constitution
- April 20, 1861 - U.S. Commodore McCauley plans and executes the demolition and evacuation of Virginia’s ports.
- April 23, 1861 - Virginia ratifies the Constitution and officially joined the Confederate States of America, and the Governor has appointed Robert E. Lee to command Virginia’s Armies and Navy to defend against Lincoln’s 75,000 man invasion force. Gen. George McClellan (US) orders the invasion of Virginia.
- April 25, 1861 - Following Missouri's refusal to commit troops to Lincoln's illegal invasion, Capt. James H. Stokes from Chicago, IL, leads an invasion force of Illinois troops to steam from Alton Illinois to St. Louis Missouri, to secretly seize 10,000 muskets from the St. Louis arsenal for use by Illinois U.S. troops at Alton.
- April 26, 1861 - Abraham Lincoln orders U.S. General Winfield Scott to arrest the state of Maryland’s Legislature, and imprison them without charges, unless they vote against secession. (Usurpation and Extortion)
- April 27, 1861 - Lincoln orders expansion of the "Anaconda Plan" to include Commonwealth states of Virginia and North Carolina, without consent of Congress (Act of War)
- April 28, 1861 - California Moves Toward Secession and Independence
- April 29, 1861 - The Corwin Amendment goes to the state Legislatures for Ratification. U.S. President Abraham Lincoln has personally urged all governors to support this Amendment making chattel slavery “permanent and irrevocable” in all states “loyal to the Union.”
- May 3, 1861 - Lincoln issues a war “Proclamation #83”, without the consent of the U.S. Congress, again usurping the U.S. Constitution.
- May 6, 1861 - The state of Arkansas votes to secede from the Union
- May 7, 1861 - The legislature of the state of Tennessee votes to secede from the Union and referred the action to a vote of the people of Tennessee to be held June 8.
- May 10, 1861 - Camp Jackson, Missouri slaughter of civilians by Capt. Nathaniel Lyon following unprovoked arrest of Gen. Frost's militia. The fight for control of Missouri is on!
- May 12, 1861 - U.S. Troops illegally invaded the Commonwealth of Maryland confiscated fi****ms and arrested any political figure that expressed opposition to Lincoln’s government.(Act of War)
- May 13, 1861 - Lincoln’s illegal blockade against American states is officially regarded as an act of war, giving the Confederacy “Belligerent Rights” and recognition under international law.
- May 15,1861 - Lincoln’s Federal troops, U.S. General Nathaniel Lyon, invade Missouri’s capital and draw the first blood in both an Act of War, and openly committed War Crimes on American Citizens during the “Camp Jackson Massacre”.
- May 16, 1861 - Kentucky’s Governor and Legislature reject Lincoln’s request for troops, Committee on Federal Relations passes a “Resolution of Neutrality”, and protesting the U.S. Governments attempts to subjugate Confederate States.
- May 19, 1861 - The first Confederate combat Victory in Virginia. Virginia State Militia and C.S. troops from Georgia under the command of Captain Peyton H. Colquitt.
- May 21, 1861 - North Carolina Secedes! “whereas, this high-handed act of tyrannical outrage is not only in violation of all constitutional law, in utter disregard of every sentiment of humanity and Christian civilization”ich does not allow negro persons to be fully counted for representation.
- May 22, 1861 - Missouri declares its “neutrality” in the secession crisis and rejects providing troops to the Union army, stating "Your requisition, in my judgement, is illegal, unconstitutional, and revolutionary in its object, inhumane and diabolical, and cannot be complied with" and like Kentucky, remains a “slave state”, under federal occupation, in Lincoln’s Union until after his war.
- May 23, 1861 - The people of Virginia formalize secession, Arkansas is admitted to the C.S., Virginia’s Fort Monroe is illegally reinforced by U.S. Troops, and Colonel Thomas Jackson conducts a raid on the B&O Railroad Depot near Harper’s Ferry Virginia, cutting U.S. supply lines on Lincoln’s most probable overland invasion route.
- May 24, 1861 - U.S. General George B. McClellan orders Federal troops to cross the Potomac River under the cover of night, invade the Commonwealth of Virginia and occupy the city of Alexandria. [Act of War], resulting in the first death of a US officer.
-May 25, 1861 - U.S. President Lincoln’s Federal troops have illegally declared martial law in Baltimore Maryland, arrests and confiscation of fi****ms begin. The Chickasaw Nation Joins the Confederate States of America.
- May 26, 1861 - Virginia Militia and C.S. forces from 9 states respond to Lincoln’s illegal invasion of Alexandria and Western Virginia.
- May 28, 1861 - U.S. Supreme Court Justice Roger Taney issues rulings citing Lincoln’s direct violations of the U.S. Constitution and Bill of Rights, Lincoln responded by issuing an order to arrest Justice Taney!
- May 31, 1861 - A U.S. Invasion force is reported to be massing near Manassas Junction Virginia.
- June 1, 1861 - The Battle of Fairfax Court House took place and was the first direct land engagement in Lincoln’s invasion of American States resulting in combat casualties.
- June 4, 1861 - The Union victory at Philippi propels U.S. General McClellan to national prominence; Republican operatives gain influence the Second Wheeling Convention, leading Western Virginia on the path to secession from Virginia, and the first successful battlefield amputations of the war were performed.
- June 8, 1861 - Secession of the State of Tennessee is overwhelmingly approved by the people by a vote of 104,471 to 47,183.
- June 9, 1861 - U.S. Maj. Winthrop is killed by an African American Confederate, Sam Ashe, 1st North Carolina, Company D, while attempting to lead a federal invasion force into Virginia. See less
- June 13, 1861 - A series of unprovoked and unparalleled outrages by the federal army causes Gov. Claiborne Jackson to call up the Missouri Militia to defend against further outrages by Lyon and the federal Army.
- June 17, 1861 - The Governor of Missouri issued a proclamation to raise 50,000 State Guard Troops to defend against federal invasion; federal troops are ordered to seize the state capital and arrest the Governor and Legislature. The Governor and Legislature flee Jefferson City and form a resistance. Meanwhile, Republican operatives have begun setting up an Illegal, unelected “rump” government and General Nathaniel Lyon ordered 1700 well armed U.S. troops to engage a newly formed group of Missouri State Guardsmen (M.S.G.), under the command of M.S.G. Colonel John S. Marmaduke, alongside Governor Jackson, Lyon’s troops captured Boonville Missouri.
- June 23, 1861 - Major-General George B. McClellan, U. S. Army, Commanding, illegally declares martial law in the occupied countries of western Virginia. See less
- June 24, 1861 - The French Emperor follows Great Britain in declaring neutrality and formally recognizing “Concession of belligerent rights” to the Confederate States of America.
- June 27, 1860 - U.S. Commander James H. Ward ordered an illegal invasion of King County Virginia, which was repulsed. U.S. Commander Ward was killed in the attempt, becoming the first U.S. Navy officer to be killed in Lincoln’s attack on Confederate States.
- June 28, 1861 - Tennessee legislature passed an act authorizing Governor Isham Green Harris, "at his discretion to receive into the military service of the State all male free persons of color, between the ages of 15 and 50"
- June 30, 1861 - Confederate Steam Cruiser C.S.S. Sumter breaks through the illegal U.S. Federal Blockade at New Orleans, Commanded by Captain Raphael Semmes, who would become noted as one of the most feared and effective naval commanders in American history.
-July 2, 1861 - U.S. Federal troops had crossed the Potomac River and were marching south. C.S. Colonel Jackson ordered the 5th Virginia Regiment north along the Valley Turnpike to meet the invaders.
- July 4, 1861 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln address congress boldly admitting to usurping the U.S. Constitution, and taking military action with consent of congress.
- July 5, 1861 - U.S. Troops attack Governor Jackson’s Missouri State Guardsmen at Carthage Missouri, and Missouri troops prevailed with help from C.S. Calvary. Governor Jackson gives up hope for his state’s neutrality and seeks allegiance with the C.S.A.
- July 6, 1861 - U.S. Federal troops had crossed the Potomac River and were marching south. Colonel Jackson ordered the 5th Virginia Regiment north along the Valley Turnpike to meet the invaders.
-July 10, 1861 - Charles Benedict Calvert, a U.S. Representative from Maryland, writes U.S. President Abraham Lincoln regarding the resolution U.S. House, protesting the federal confiscation of slave property for Maryland residents without compensation. Note: Illegal Federal “contraband camps” began to be established in U.S. occupied areas.
- July 11, 1861 - U.S. Senate Expels remaining Ten Southern Members, U.S. President Lincoln continues arresting his political opponents without warrants or charges, in direct violation of the U.S. Constitution and Supreme Court.
- July 17, 1861 - A Confederate victory slows the U.S. Invasion of Virginia, C.S General P.G.T. Beauregard prepares C.S. Defenders to meet U.S. troops, in force, at Manassas Junction in Virginia.
- July 21, 1861 - U.S. General Winfield Scott and U.S. General George McClellan have ordered U.S. General Irvin McDowell's invasion force of ~35,000 troops, named the “Army of Northeastern Virginia”, to make the first major push to capture the C.S. Capital in Richmond Virginia, at Manassas Rail Junction. (Bull Run). C.S. forces Commanded by Generals P.G..T. Beauregard and General Robert E. Lee successfully defended against the U.S. attack, sending U.S. forces in a humiliating headlong retreat back to Washington D.C.
- July 24, 1861 - U.S. Congress passed the Johnson-Crittenden “War Aims Resolution(s)” officially declaring war on seceded American states however, offer’s slavery to be established as “permanent and irrevocable” in all states if they pay the 48% Morrill Tariffs and return to the Union.
- July 27, 1861 - After a series of stunning federal defeats, Abraham Lincoln relieved U.S. General Irvin McDowell of his command and appointed U.S. General George B. McClellan as Commander of the newly formed Federal Army of the Potomac.
- August 1, 1861 - The Empire of Brazil joins Great Britain, Spain and France, by officially recognizing the “belligerent status” of the Confederate States of America (C.S.A.) and begins trade relations.
-August 2, 1861 - Missouri State Guardsmen backed by C.S. Forces kill and capture ~600 U.S. “Hessian” German militia near the capital of Springfield.
- August 5, 1861 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln creates the forerunner of the Internal Revenue Service with the Revenue Act of 1861.
- August 6, 1861 - U.S. President Lincoln signed the Confiscation Act of 1861, which officially ordered his Union forces to “confiscate” all slaves and other “property” used to “support the Confederacy”.
-August 10, 1861 - U.S. General Lyon ordered ~6000 troops, commanded by U.S. Generals Sigel and Sturgis, to surprise Missouri’s forces in an early morning attack at “Wilson’s Creek”. General Lyon became the first Federal General to be killed in the war, and the defeated U.S. federal forces retreated to Rolla.
- August 12, 1861 - U.S. Commander General McClellan prohibits the northern press from “chronicling battles”.
- August 13, 1861 - A third assassination attempt is reported on U.S. President Lincoln reported, northern papers are not permitted to report the events.
- August 16, 1861 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln signs “Proclamation 86”, it formerly acknowledged the secession of sovereign states and their “Belligerent status”, and it strengthened the previous “Confiscation Act”.
-August 19, 1861 - The C.S. Congress votes in favor of admitting the Missouri Republic into the Confederacy.
- August 24, 1861 - C.S. President Jefferson Davis names James M. Mason as commissioner to Great Britain, and John Slidell as Commissioner to France.
- August 27, 1861 - U.S. President Abraham Lincoln illegally unilaterally suspends the U.S. Constitution’s “Writ of Habeas Corpus”, without the consent of congress, and declares martial law.
- August 28, 1861 - U.S. Naval squadrons attack and invade the North Carolina coast at Cape Hatteras Inlet.
- August 30, 1861 - U.S. General John C. Fremont is reprimanded by US President Lincoln, and is removed from his command of occupation forces in Missouri and the Department of the West after attempting to illegally institute “emancipation”.
- September 3, 1861 - C.S. Major General Leonidas Polk, on his own authority, orders an invasion of neutral Kentucky and occupies the port at Columbus, giving the C.S. Forces strategic control of the upper Mississippi River, high bluffs and railroad depot. U.S. forces under Gen. Grant follow with an invasion.
- September 5, 1861 - The British ships successfully run through Lincoln’s federal blockading fleet stationed off the coast of Charleston SC, bringing relief supplies from Europe to Morehead City NC.
-September 6th, 1861 - U.S. Troops under the command of General Ulysses S. Grant illegally Invade Kentucky and occupy Paducah and Southland, with strategic control at the mouths of the Tennessee and Cumberland Rivers.

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