Letter
P.G.T. Beauregard to Ripley, July 10, 1863
MOULTRIE, VIA CHARLESTON
MOULTRIE, VIA CHARLESTON, July 10, 1863.
General RIPLEY :
In a close fight, the barracks in Fort Moultrie will probably be set on fire. In this event the guns can scarcely be worked. We recommend that the wood-works be removed.
SPECIAL ORDERS, Hpgrs. Dept. S. C., Ga., AND FLA., No. 138. , Charleston, S. C., July 10, 1868. I. Brig. Gen. W. G. De Saussure will proceed to organize the militia forces of this city with the utmost dispatch possible, reporting to Brigadier-General Ripley, commanding First Military District. I. I. The funds and valuables of the several banks of this city may be transported to the interior. The chief quartermaster will make the necessary. arrangements to that end. * * *k * * * *
By command of General Beauregard :
JNO. M. OTEY,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SPECIAL ORDERS, } Hopgrs. First Minirary District,
No. 243. j Charleston, July 10, 1863.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SPECIAL ORDERS, } Hopgrs. First Minirary District,
No. 243. j Charleston, July 10, 1863.
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V. I. Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood having reported at these headuarters is assigned to the command of the First Sub-Division of
the First Military District.
By command of Brigadier-General Ripley :
V. I. Brig. Gen. Johnson Hagood having reported at these headuarters is assigned to the command of the First Sub-Division of
the First Military District.
By command of Brigadier-General Ripley :
Editor's Notes
From: Operations on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Middle and East Florida, Pt. 1. Location: MOULTRIE, VIA CHARLESTON. Summary: General Beauregard directs the removal of wood-works from Fort Moultrie to prevent fire damage during battle and orders militia organization and bank fund relocation in Charleston amid Civil War tensions.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 28, Part 1
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