Letter
Samuel W. Ferguson to Roswell S. Ripley, March 6, 1861
HEADQUARTERS CONFEDERATE STATES ARMY,
Charleston, S. C., March 6, 1861.
Lieut. Col. R. S. RIPLEY,
Commanding Fort Moultrie, S. C.:
CoLONEL: The general commanding desires that you send immediately to the five-gun battery, commanding Maffitt’s Channel, two 32pounders, with the necessary ammunition, as ordered yesterday, and have them mounted. Be on the lookout to-night for the Crusader. a four-gun brig, reported to be on her way with one hundred ey twenty men for the re-enforcement of Fort Sumter.
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
S. W. FERGUSON,
Captain, and Aide-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS Fort Movuttrm, S. C.,
March 6, 1861.
Captain, and Aide-de-Camp.
HEADQUARTERS Fort Movuttrm, S. C.,
March 6, 1861.
Capt. S. W. FERGUSON, Aide-de-Camp, Charleston S. C.:
Simm: L have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication (private and confidential) of thisdate. In reply, 1 have to state
that I have no means at my disposal to send the 32-pounders from this
post to the five-gun battery this evening, nor have I a gin to dismount
Simm: L have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication (private and confidential) of thisdate. In reply, 1 have to state
that I have no means at my disposal to send the 32-pounders from this
post to the five-gun battery this evening, nor have I a gin to dismount
Editor's Notes
From: Operations on the Pacific Coast, Pt. 1. Location: Charleston, S. C.. Summary: Confederate Captain Ferguson orders Lieutenant Colonel Ripley to reinforce Maffitt's Channel battery with two 32-pounder guns and ammunition to prepare against a Union brig, but Ripley reports lacking resources.
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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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