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answer. I remain, Major, very respectfully, Your obedient servant, G. T. Beauregard, Brigadier-General Commanding. Major Robert Anderson, Commanding at Fort Sumter, Charleston Harbor, S. C. Headquarters, Fort Sumter, S. C. 2.30 A. M., April 12, 1861. General: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your second communication of the 11th inst., by Col. Chesnut, and to state, in reply, that cordially uniting with you in the desire to avoid the useless effusion of blood, I will, ifainst this fort, or the flag it bears. I have the honor to be, General, Your obedient servant, Robert Anderson, Major U. S. A. Commanding. To Brigadier-General G. T. Beauregard, Commanding Provisional Army, C. S. A. Fort Sumter, S. C. April 12, 1861, 3.20 A. M. Sir: By authority of Brigadier-General Beauregard, commanding the Provisional Forces of the Confederate States, we have the honor to notify you that he will open the fire of his batteries on Fort Sumter in one hour from this ti