MONTGOMERY, ALA., April 15, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War, Montgomery: SIR: Very unexpectedly I find myself a prisoner of war at this place. May I be permitted to request that you will do me the kindness to inform me of the grounds upon which I am so detained? Very respectfully, your obedient [...]

RALEIGH, N. C., April 15, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War: Your dispatch1 is received, and if genuine, which its extraordinary character leads me to doubt, I have to say in reply that I regard the levy of troops made by the administration for the purpose of subjugating the States of the South as [...]

U. S. FRIGATE SABINE, Off Pensacola, April 14, 1861. Hon. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy, Washington : SIR: I have the honor to inform you that immediately on the receipt of your order by Lieutenant Worden, on the 12th instant, I prepared to re-enforce Fort Pickens. It was successfully performed, on the same night, [...]

PENSACOLA, April 14, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER: Captain Adams, commanding the fleet, writes on 13th, just received. Subsequently to the date of your last letter, as you are probably aware,   re-enforcements have been placed in Fort Pickens, in obedience to orders from the United States Government. Lieutenant Worden must have given these orders [...]

CHARLESTON, April 14, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER: I have possession of Sumter. Anderson and garrison on Isabel going in morning. None killed; two wounded. Quarters in ruins. Interior of fort damaged. Armament still effective against entrance to channel. G. T. BEAUREGARD. —– CHARLESTON, April 14, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER: Fleet still outside. Can [...]

MONTGOMERY, April 13, 1861. General BRAGG Pensacola: When you arrested Lieutenant Worden what instructions, if any, did he show you? Did he communicate to you that he had verbal instructions, and, if so, what were they? He is here under arrest, and it is important for you to reply fully. L. P. WALKER.

U. S. STEAMER CRUSADER, Off Key West, April 13, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington: DEAR SIR: We arrived here and anchored some three miles below the fort to prevent communication. Going to the fort in a boat Colonel Brown sent notes to Judge Marvin; to Colonel Patterson, the newly appointed Navy [...]

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF FLORIDA, Key West, April 13, 1861. Lieut. Col. E. D. KEYES, Secretary to the General-in-Chief, Washington, D. C.: COLONEL: We arrived at this place this afternoon. Captain Meigs and I have had an interview with Judge Marvin which has been entirely satisfactory. He, though anxious to leave the place, will remain, having [...]

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF FLORIDA, April 13, 1861. Bvt. Maj. W. H., Commanding Fort Taylor, Key West: SIR: You will use the forces of your command, if need be, for the protection of the officers and citizens of the United States on this island in the discharge of their public duties, and the pursuit of their [...]

CHARLESTON, April 13, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War; Officers’ quarters in Sumter burning. Part of roof supposed to have fallen in. Sumter firing at long intervals. Ours regular and effective. Six vessels outside in signals with Sumter. G. T. BEAUREGARD. —– CHARLESTON, April 13, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER: Anderson has hauled [...]

HEADQUARTERS PROVISIONAL FORCES, Charleston, S.C., April 13, 1861. SIR: In obedience to orders from the commanding general, Beauregard, we left the wharf at 11.15 a.m., and proceeded in an open boat to deliver communications to Brigadier-General Simons, commanding on Morris Island, and passing under the batteries of Fort Johnson landed in the rear of Major [...]

PENSACOLA, April 13, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War: Re-enforcements thrown into Fort Pickens last night by small boats from the outside. The movement could not even be seen from our side, but was discovered by a small reconnoitering boat. BRAXTON BRAGG, Brigadier General.

MONTGOMERY, April 12, 1861. General BRAGG, Pensacola: Lieutenant Worden1, of U. S. Navy, has gone to Pensacola with dispatches. Intercept them. L. P. WALKER. ——– BARRANCAS, April 12, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER: Mr. Worden had communicated with fleet before your dispatch received. Alarm guns have just fired at Fort Pickens. I fear the news [...]

MONTGOMERY, April 12, 1861. General BEAUREGARD, Charleston, S. C.: What was Major Anderson’s reply to the proposition contained in my dispatch of last night! L. P. WALKER.   —– CHARLESTON, S. C., April 12, 1861. L. P. WALKER: He would not consent. I write to-day. G T. BEAUREGARD —– HEADQUARTERS PROVISIONAL FORCES, Charleston, 8. C., [...]

HEADQUARTERS STEAMSHIP ATLANTIC, Off Key West, April 12, 1861. Lieut. Col. E. D. KEYES, Secretary to General-in-Chief, Washington, D.C.: COLONEL: In obedience to the special instructions of the General-in-Chief, I proceeded to New York on the 2d, and arrived there on the morning of the 3d instant, and was engaged until Saturday, the 6th, in [...]

WASHINGTON, D.C., April 12, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War: SIR: I have the honor to report that in obedience to your instructions, dated April 6, 1861, I left Washington on the evening of the same day in company with Mr. R. S: Chew, and arrived at Charleston, S.C., on the evening of the [...]

HEADQUARTERS PROVISIONAL FORCES, Charleston, S.C., April 12, 1861. SIR: We have the honor to submit the following report of our movements and action: After leaving the brigadier-general commanding last night, at 11 o’clock p.m. in obedience to orders we repaired with the second communication to Major Anderson, at Fort Sumter. This communication was based on [...]

HEADQUARTERS U. S. TRANSPORT SHIP ATLANTIC, April 11, 1861. Capt. E. B. HUNT, U. S. Engineers, Fort Taylor: SIR: You will make a reconnaissance of the island of Key West with a view to the erection of any field-works which may be required to enable the garrison of Fort Taylor and of the town of [...]

HEADQUARTERS U. S. TRANSPORT SHIP ATLANTIC, April 11, 1861. Lieut. J. ST. C. MORTON,   Fort Jefferson, Tortugas: SIR: You will act in concert with Major Arnold, commanding the harbor of the Tortugas, in preparing with the least possible delay projects for the complete temporary defense and occupation of the whole harbor of the Tortugas. [...]

U. S. TRANSPORT SHIP ATLANTIC, April 11, 1861. Bvt. Maj. L. G. ARNOLD,   Commanding Fort Jefferson: SIR: You will take measures for the occupation by sea-coast earthen batteries of all the points in the harbor of Tortugas necessary to secure a complete command of the anchorage and of the channels of entrance thereto. For [...]

HEADQUARTERS PROVISIONAL FORCES, C. S. A., Charleston, S.C., April 11, 1861. SIR: In obedience to the orders of Brigadier-General Beauregard, we left headquarters at 2.20 p.m., charged with a communication from him to Major Anderson, at Fort Sumter, in which we were authorized to demand the evacuation of the fort. We arrived there at 3.45 [...]

HDQRS. PROV. ARMY CONFEDERATE STATES OF AMERICA, Charleston, S.C., April 11, 1861. Hon. L. P. WALKER, Secretary of War, Montgomery, Ala.: SIR: I transmit herewith, for the information of the Department, a copy of my note of this morning to Major Anderson, commanding at Fort Sumter, demanding the surrender of that fort to the Confederate [...]

U. S. TROOP-SHIP ATLANTIC, Lat. 32 deg. 13‘, Long. 74 ° 49‘ 15“ April 10, 1861. Hon. WM. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State: DEAR SIR: We expect to touch at Key West, and will be able to set things in order there and give the first check to the secession movement by firmly establishing the [...]

MONTGOMERY, April 10, 1861. General BEAUREGARD, Charleston: If you have no doubt of the authorized character of the agent who communicated to you the intention of the Washington Government to supply Fort Sumter by force you will at once demand its evacuation, and if this is refused proceed, in such manner as you may determine, [...]