CHARLESTON, April 6,
1861.
L. P. WALKER:
The following telegraph I have just received from
Washington:
Positively determined not to withdraw
Anderson. Supplies go immediately, supported by a naval force under Stringham
if their landing is resisted.
A FRIEND.
Governor and General Beauregard visiting the posts in the
harbor, and will not be here for a few hours. In their absence I telegraphed to
Washington to know who was the person signing himself “A Friend.” The reply
satisfies me that the person is high in the confidence of the Government at
Washington. Mr. Wigfall, who is with me, concurs in the propriety of giving you
notice of it without delay.
A. G. MAGRATH.
SOURCES: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
1 (Serial No. 1), p. 287; Samuel Wylie Crawford, The Genesis of the
Civil War: The Story of Sumter, 1860-1861, p. 393
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