Click 👉TODAY IN HISTORY (general history) Feb. 27.
ON THIS DAY IN CONFEDERATE HISTORY, Feb. 27.
1861: President Davis tries to make peace with the Federal government and avoid war. He appoints three officials, Martin J. Crawford, John Forsyth, and A.B. Roman to go to Washington to open peaceful negotiations. At the same time, Governor Pickens of South Carolina urges the president to seize Fort Sumter in Charleston Harbor for the safety of Charleston and honor. There was also a peace conference at the Willard Hotel in Washington and Virginia also proposed a peace conference. All of them failed.
1862: The Confederate Congress authorizes President Davis to suspend habeas corpus as a wartime measure. A writ of habeas corpus is part of the Constitution which protects an individual from illegal arrest by allowing the accused to force the government to show proof before a court. The Constitution also empowers Congress to suspend the writ during times of rebellion or invasion. Lincoln had suspended habeas corpus in the U.S. in April 1861.
1864: Confederate Camp Sumter at Andersonville, Georgia begins intaking U.S. prisoners of war at the compound. The P.O.W. camp becomes necessary because the Yankee government cuts off prisoner exchanges. Captain Henry Wirz, a native of Switzerland and a Louisiana physician before the war, was put in command. He would become a scapegoat and the victim of an unjust military court at the end of the war.
1865: Carolinas Campaign: Confederate forces contest Sherman's route of march at Mount Elon and at Cloud's House, South Carolina. There is also skirmishing between Confederates and Yankees at Spring Place, Georgia.
CONFEDERATE GENERAL BIRTHDAYS, Feb. 27.
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