April 22, 1861. Paul J. Cornell to Ezra Cornell: "Your predictions, concerning our state, I am ashamed to confess, are?to be realized for the disunionist have or are about to?our good old state into this unholy war against our wishes & better judgment, it is hard for us to fight against the star spangled banner, that which our fathers suffered, bled, dide and won for our enjoyments. The negrows are volunteering there servises all over the state to fight against the north, thay are not made to do so, for thay say the abolissionist doo dem moor harm than they do good?" May 2, 1861. Ezra Cornell to Paul J. Cornell discussing the political and moral nature of the outbreak of the Civil War. Topics: Forest Park farm; coal oil business; secession; slavery; Ovid Agricultural College; Farmers Club (Ithaca); New York State Agricultural Rooms; Ithaca Volunteer Fund; Civil War Personal names: Pew, W.P.; Cornell, John H.; Curtiss, George; Cornell, O.H. Perry; Cornell, E.S.; Wood, Orson B.; Chester, E.W. Geography: Kentucky; Virginia.