Letter
Samuel Cooper to P.G.T. Beauregard, March 29, 1861
Montgomery
Montgomery, March 29, 1861.
Brig. Gen. G. T. BEAUREGARD, Commanding, &c., Charleston, S. C.:
Sm: The Secretary of War directs that you will allow no further communications between the Government of the United States and Fort Sumter, unless the written instructions of the intermediary are first submitted to your inspection, with satisfactory assurances that there are no verbal instructions inconsistent with those which are written.
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
8S. COOPER,
Adjutant and Inspector General.
CHARLESTON, 8. C., April 1, 1861.
Hon. L. P. WALKER, Montgomery, Ala. :
Adjutant and Inspector General.
CHARLESTON, 8. C., April 1, 1861.
Hon. L. P. WALKER, Montgomery, Ala. :
The following telegram just received from Commissioner Crawford :
I am anthorized to say that this Government will not undertake to supply Sumter
without notice to you. My opinion is that the President has not the courage to exe7 cute the order agreed upon in Cabinet for the evacuation of the fort, but that he intends to shift the responsibility upon Major Anderson, by suffering him to be starved
out. Would it not be well to aid in this by cutting off all supplies?
I am anthorized to say that this Government will not undertake to supply Sumter
without notice to you. My opinion is that the President has not the courage to exe7 cute the order agreed upon in Cabinet for the evacuation of the fort, but that he intends to shift the responsibility upon Major Anderson, by suffering him to be starved
out. Would it not be well to aid in this by cutting off all supplies?
Editor's Notes
From: Operations on the Pacific Coast, Pt. 1. Location: Montgomery. Summary: S. Cooper instructs G. T. Beauregard to block unauthorized communications with Fort Sumter and discusses Confederate intentions to prevent resupply, potentially starving out Major Anderson.
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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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