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The Daily Dispatch: August 27, 1863., [Electronic resource], The Siege of Charleston. (search)
Q. A. Gillmore, Brigadier General commanding," demanding the immediate evacuation of Morris Island and Fort Sumter, or he will open on the city of Charleston from his batteries: [copy.] Headq'rs Dep't of the South,Morris Island, S. C.,August 21, 1863. General: I have the honor to demand of you the immediate evacuation of Morris Island and Fort Sumter by the Confederate forces. The present condition of Fort Sumter, and the rapid and progressive destruction which it is undergoing fr1863. Sir: Last night, at 15 minutes before 11 o'clock, during my absence on a reconnaissance of my fortifications, a communication was received at these headquarters, dated "Headquarters Department of the South, Morris Island, S. C., August 21, 1863, " demanding the "immediate evacuation of Morris Island and Fort Sumter; by the Confederate forces," on the alleged grounds that the present condition of Fort Sumter and the rapid and progressive destruction which it is undergoing from my ba