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HEADQUARTERS PROVISIONAL ARMY C. S.
CHARLESTON, S. C., April 27th, 1861.
Hon. L. P. WALKER, Sec. of War, Montgomery, Ala. :
Sir, I have the honor to transmit to the department my detailed report of the operations during the bombardment of Fort Sumter, accompanied by copies of the reports sent in to this office by the commanders of the batteries, together with a series of photographs, twenty-two in number, showing the condition of Forts Sumter and Moultrie, and of the floating battery, after the surrender of the former fort.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
G. T. BEAUREGARD, Brig.-Genl. Comdg.
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- Pierre Gustave Toutant Beauregard
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- The military operations of General Beauregard in the war between the States 1861 to 1865, including a brief personal sketch and a narrative of his services in the war with Mexico, 1846
