Unknown to Robert Anderson, April 12, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, April 12, 1861. DEAR GENERAL: The display at Light-house Inlet, perhaps, is a feint, and if so, they intend to re-enforce, as you say, through…
HEADQUARTERS, STATE OF SOUTH CAROLINA, April 12, 1861. DEAR GENERAL: The display at Light-house Inlet, perhaps, is a feint, and if so, they intend to re-enforce, as you say, through…
Fort SuMTER Fort SuMTER, April 3, 1861. Maj. RoBERT ANDERSON, First Artillery, U. S. Army, Commanding Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor : MAJor: In obedience to your directions, we visited Cummings…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, D. C., April 4, 1861. Sir: This letter will be handed to you by Capt. G. V. Fox, ex-officer of the Navy, and a gentleman…
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C., April 4, 1861. Major ROBERT ANDERSON, U. 8S. Army: Siem: Your letter of the 1st instant occasions some anxiety to the President. On the…
HEADQUARTERS PROVISIONAL ARMY CONFEDERATE STATES, March 29, 1861. Charleston, S. 0., March 29, 1861. Maj. ROBERT ANDERSON, U.S. Army, Commanding at Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, 8. 0.: DEAR MAJsor: Your…
Wak DEPARTMENT Wak DEPARTMENT, February 23, 1861. Maj. RoBERT ANDERSON, First Artillery, Commanding Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, 8. C.: Sir: It is proper I should state distinctly that you hold…
EXECUTIVE OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF WAR, Charleston, January 21, 1861. . Sm. In offering to permit you to purchase in this city, through the instrumentality of an officer of the State,…
WAR DEPARTMENT WAR DEPARTMENT, January 16, 1861. Maj. ROBERT ANDERSON, First Artillery, Commanding Fort Sumter: Sir: Your dispatch No. 17, covering your correspondence with the governor of South Carolina, has…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, January 7, 1861. COMMANDING OFFICER, DeTAcHMENT U.S. Bee On board steamship Star of the West, ~ : Supposed to be near Charleston, yee Sir: This…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, New York, January 5, 1861. Maj. ROBERT ANDERSON, First Artillery, Commanding Fort Sumter : Sir: In accordance with the mstructions of the General-in-Chief, I yesterday chartered…