Order
S. Cooper, April 13, 1861
GENERAL ORDERS, WAR DEPARTMENT,
April 13, 1861.
No. 3. } ADJ’T AND INSPECTOR GENERAL’S OFFICE, Montgomery, Ala., April 13, 1861. In honor of the occasion, officially announced, that the United States colors have been hauled down at Fort Sumter and replaced by the white flag, a salute of fifteen guns will be fired in front of the Department this day at two o’clock. c
By command of the Secretary of War:
S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Adjutant and Inspector General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations on the Pacific Coast, Pt. 1. Summary: S. Cooper announces the official lowering of the U.S. flag at Fort Sumter and orders a fifteen-gun salute in Montgomery, marking the Confederacy's assertion in April 1861.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 50, Part 1
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