Letter
Unknown to P.G.T. Beauregard, April 8, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA,
April 8, 1861.
April 8, 1861.
DEAR GENERAL: Linclose the within copy of Major Anderson’s note.* _ Please say to the Secretary of War that we thought detaching an oflicer _ from the garrison was weakening its efficiency and not taking much from _ the consumption of food. Tell him that you as well as myself saw the =e eel “See Anderson to Pickefs, April 4, p, 238.
«LDR foolish firing, and both regretted it, and that you immediately issued orders as to the future firing, &c., and that the captain in charge of the watch-vessel, the Petrel, was discharged for his neglect of duty, &e. In ereat haste, but most sincerely,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations on the Pacific Coast, Pt. 1. Summary: A South Carolina official informs General Beauregard about concerns over weakening Fort Sumter's garrison, regrets over premature firing, and disciplinary actions taken against the watch-vessel captain.
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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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