War of the Rebellion: from the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies and Navies
    

To Beauregard: “Give but little credit to the rumors of an amicable adjustment.”— Confederate Records

WAR DEPARTMENT, C. S. A.,
Montgomery, March 15, 1861.

Brig. Gen. BEAUREGARD, Charleston, S.C.:

GENERAL: Dispatches just received from Washington, of the highest authority, speak of mines in Fort Sumter, and a purpose to destroy it and the garrison rather than be taken. Foster, the Engineer, might be a good guarantee, if kept in the fort.

Give but little credit to the rumors of an amicable adjustment. Do not slacken for a moment your energies, and be ready to execute any order this Department may forward.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

L. P. WALKER,

Secretary of War.

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