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Jefferson Davis, The Rise and Fall of the Confederate Government 8 0 Browse Search
Rebellion Record: a Diary of American Events: Documents and Narratives, Volume 1. (ed. Frank Moore) 4 0 Browse Search
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The Daily Dispatch: January 8, 1861., [Electronic resource], The National crisis. (search)
rself to the last extremity. "The smallness of your force will not permit you perhaps, to occupy more than one of the three forts; but an attack on, or attempt to take possession of either of them, will be regarded as an act of hostility, and you may then put your command into either of them which you may deem most proper, to increase its power of resistance. You are also authorized to take similar steps whenever you have tangible evidence of a design to proceed to a hostile act. D. P. Butler, "Assistant Adjutant-General." "Fort Moultrie, S. C.,Dec. 11, 1860. "This is in conformity to my instructions to Major Buell. John B. Floyd "Secretary of War." These were the last instructions transmitted to Major Anderson before his removal to Fort Sumter, with a single exception, in regard to a particular which does not in any degree affect the present question. Under these circumstances, it is clear that Major Anderson acted upon his own responsibilit