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roops, to the enemy's fire. Very respectfully, your obedient servant, A. N. T. Beauregard, A. D. C. The events succeeding those we have just related—but which are, relatively, of minor importance—are sufficiently explained by the following letters and instructions of General Beauregard to his subordinate officers, to the War Department, and to generals and citizens of note in South Carolina and elsewhere: Headquarters, Department S. C., Ga., and Fla., Charleston, S. C., Sept. 10th, 1863. Brig.-General R. S. Ripley, Comdg. First Mil. Dist., etc., etc.: General,—I am instructed to inform you of the arrival from Richmond of a party of one hundred and thirty officers and men, under the command of Lieutenant Rochelle, C. S. N. These men were ordered here for harbor service, and have been directed to report to Captain Tucker. The Commanding General desires you to confer with Captain Tucker, and determine what arrangement may be best to carry on and protect our communic<
t is my duty to inquire whether the acts which resulted in the burning of the defenceless villages of Darien and Bluffton, and the ravages on the Combahee, are regarded by you as legitimate measures of war, which you will feel authorized to resort to hereafter. I enclose two newspaper accounts, copied from the journals of the United States, giving relations of the transactions in question. Respectfully, General, your obedient servant, G. T. Beauregard, Genl. Comdg. Fort Sumter, Sept. 10th, 1863. Extract from Major S. D. Elliott's Journal, as Kept at Post. * * * Everything very quiet yesterday and last night. A flag of truce from the enemy's fleet received at about 9 o'clock A. M. in reference to the prisoners. Another flag was received at 4 o'clock P. M., bringing baggage belonging to the captured officers and conveniences for the wounded. A flag was sent from this post to the fleet at about six o'clock, bearing despatches from General Jordan, and the bodies of