LeRoy Pope Walker was the first Confederate States Secretary of War.
Montgomery Montgomery, March 21, 1861. General P. G. T. BEAUREGARD, Charleston, S. C.: Sir: The probability is, if there be any reliance on rumors semiofficial in their character, that Fort…
Montgomery Montgomery, April 2, 1861. Brig. Gen. G. T. BEAUREGARD, Commanding Charleston Harbor, Charleston, 8. C.: Sir: The Government has at no time placed any reliance on assurances by the…
Washington Washington, April 8, 1861. General G. T, BEAUREGARD: Accounts are uncertain, because of the constant vacillation of this Government. We were reassured yesterday that the status of Sumter would…
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C., April 9, 1861. General BEAUREGARD, Charleston : The messenger speaks doubtless by authority. He gives the promised notice to Governor Pickens. Diplomacy has failed.…
MONTGOMERY MONTGOMERY, April 11, 1861. General BEAUREGARD, Charleston: Do not desire needlessly to bombard Fort Sumter. If Major Anderson will state the time at whieh, as indicated by him, he…
WAR DEPARTMENT, C. S. A., Richmond, August 31, 1861. Col. X. B. DEBRAY, Aide-de-Camp to the Governor of Texas : SIR: Your report on the military standing and defense of…