HEADQUARTERS, FORT SUMTER, S. C.,
April 13, 1861 – 7.50 p.m.
GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of this evening, and to express my gratification at its contents. Should it be convenient, I would like to have the Catawba here at about nine o'clock to-morrow morning.
With sentiments of the highest regard and esteem, I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
ROBERT ANDERSON,
Major, U. S. Army, Commanding.
Brig. Gen. G. T. BEAUREGARD,
Commanding Provisional Army, C. S.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume I, Serial 1, p. 15
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