| Ralph Volney Harlow - 1925 - 910 страници
...agree that in the meantime he will not use his guns against us unless ours should be employed against Sumter, you are authorized thus to avoid the effusion...as your judgment decides to be most practicable." When this was communicated to Anderson, he announced, on April 12, that he would evacuate Sumter by... | |
| James D. McCabe - 1874 - 970 страници
...that, in the meantime, he will not use his guns against us unless ours should be employed against Fort Sumter, you are authorized thus to avoid the effusion...refused, reduce the fort, as your judgment decides most practicable." The federal fleet was on its way to Charleston, and if the attack of the Confederates... | |
| Thomas McArthur Anderson - 1882 - 116 страници
...guns against us unless ours should be employed against Fort Sumter, you are authorized thus to avoid effusion of blood. If this, or its equivalent, be refused, reduce the fort as your judgment decides most practicable." At 1 PM I sent my aids with a communication to Major Anderson, based on the foregoing... | |
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