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Benson J. Lossing, Pictorial Field Book of the Civil War. Volume 1., Chapter 13: the siege and evacuation of Fort Sumter. (search)
ood was sent to Montgomery by telegraph the next morning, and Mr. Gilchrist, a member of the Alabama Legislature, said to Davis and a portion of his Cabinet (Walker, Benjamin, and Memminger):--Gentlemen, unless you sprinkle blood in the face of the mpatiently: They fired at me two or three times, and I stood it; I should think you might stand it once. Turning to Lieutenant Davis, he said: If you will show a white flag from your ramparts, they will cease firing. --It shall be done, said Davis, Davis, if you request it for the purpose, and that alone, of holding a conference with Major Anderson. The commander, in the mean time, with Lieutenant Snyder and Surgeon Crawford, had passed out of the sally-port to meet Wigfall. He was not there, and they returned, and just as Davis had agreed to display a white flag, they came up. Wigfall said to Major Anderson: I come from General Beauregard, who wishes to stop this, Sir. --Well, Sir! said Anderson, rising upon his toes and settling firmly u