WAR DEPARTMENT, C. S. A.,
Montgomery, March 1, 1861.
GOV. F. W. PICKENS, Charleston, S. C.:
Your letter to President received. This Government assumes the control of military operations at Charleston, and will make demand of the fort when fully advised. An officer goes to-night to take charge.
L. P. WALKER,
Secretary of War.
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. 259
