EXECUTIVE OFFICE, DEPARTMENT OF WAR,
Charleston, S.C., March 3, 1861.
Peter G. T. Beauregard having been appointed brigadier-general of the Confederate States of America, and having been ordered to assume command of the troops in and near Charleston Harbor, will be obeyed and respected accordingly, and all State officers of the volunteers, enlisted men, and militia, on duty, are commanded to obey all orders emanating from him.
D. F. JAMISON.