Letter
P.G.T. Beauregard to Leroy P. Walker, April 27, 1861
HEADQUARTERS PROVISIONAL ARMY, C. S.,
Charleston, S. C., April 27, 1861.
Sir: [have the honor to transmit to the Department with this my “
detailed report of the operations conducted during the bombardment of Fort Sumter, accompanied by copies of the reports sent in to this office by the commandants of batteries, together with a series of photographs (twenty-two in number), showing the condition of Forts Sumter and Moultrie and of the floating battery after the surrender of the former fort.*
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
G. T. BEAUREGARD,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
Hon. L. P. WALKER,
Secretary of War, Montgomery, Ala.
Brigadier-General, Commanding.
Hon. L. P. WALKER,
Secretary of War, Montgomery, Ala.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations on the Pacific Coast, Pt. 1. Location: Charleston, S. C.. Summary: G. T. Beauregard submits a detailed report and photographic evidence of the Confederate bombardment and surrender of Fort Sumter to Secretary of War L. P. Walker in 1861.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 50, Part 1
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