Charleston Arsenal, S. C,
November 12, 1860.
Col H. K. CraiG,
Chief of Ordnance, U. S. A., Washington, D. C.
Sir: In view of the excitement now existing in this
city and State, and the possibility of an insurrectionary movement on the part
of the servile population, the Governor has tendered, through General
Schnierle, of the South Carolina Militia, a guard, of a detachment of a
lieutenant and twenty men, for this post, which has been accepted. Trusting
that this course may meet the approval of the Department, I am, sir,
Very respectfully,
your most obedient servant,
F. C. Humphreys,
Military Storekeeper
Ordnance,
Commander.
SOURCE: Samuel Wylie Crawford, The Genesis of the
Civil War: The Story of Sumter, 1860-1861, p. 121
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