P.G.T. Beauregard to W. H. C. Whiting, April 12, 1861

Maj. W. H. C. WHITING, Assistant Adjutant-General, &e., Morris Island, S. C.: Masor: Your note is received. Firing, I hope, will soon be better. To save ammunition of mortars, the time between each shell thrown should be doubled by day and by night—that is, four minutes instead of two for the first, and twenty minutes instead of ten for the last. I have written to Colonel De Saussure to that effect. This change should take place after 12 m. this day. The batteries elsewhere will follow those of Cummings Point. Great care should be taken at the other batteries (gun) not to fire too fast or uselessly, and timely calls for ammunition should be made. I have requested Colonel Wigfall to lend his assistance to General Simons as a volunteer aid. Be careful to strengthen the force protecting the batteries on south end of Morris Island, for if a landing is made it will be done there, probably. How would ‘it do to send General Bonham to command from about the lighthouse down to Light-house Inlet? I am trying to dispatch to that locality as many new arrivals as possible. They will do very well for those hills. Yours, truly,

G. T. BEAUREGARD,