HDQRS. OF THE
CONFEDERATE STATES
OF AMERICA,
Charleston, S. C., March 6, 1861.
GENERAL ORDERS,No. 1.
.
I. By virtue of authority from the War Department, Confederate States of America, bearing date Montgomery, March 1, 1861, and of authority of the Department of War, State of South Carolina, bearing date March 3, 1861, the undersigned assumes command of all the troops—Regulars, Volunteers, and Militia—on duty in and near Charleston Harbor.
II. The following appointments are announced on the staff of the brigadier-general commanding: Capt. D. R. Jones, as assistant adjutant general; Capt. Stephen D. Lee, of the regular artillery service of the State of South Carolina, as acting assistant quartermaster-general and acting assistant commissary-general; Capt. S. Wragg Ferguson, of the regular infantry service of the State of South Carolina, as aide-de-camp; First Lieut. Joseph J. Legaré, of the regular engineer service of the State of South Carolina, as private secretary.
G. T. BEAUREGARD,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.