This day in Charleston
2 entries · 1861–1864
Hot shot from Fort Moultrie set the officers’ quarters afire; the smoke drove the gunners to the ground and the magazine had to be closed. About one o’clock the flagstaff was shot away. Louis Wigfall came out to the fort on his own authority to ask for terms; Anderson, out of cartridge bags and nearly out of provisions, agreed to evacuate. Not one man on either side had been killed by the firing.
Official Records, Series I, Vol. 1
Elliott telegraphed Beauregard: “Can I fire a salute of 13 guns at 12 o'clock to-day in honor of the capture of this fort? The firing will be done by the gun used for firing our evening salute.” Beauregard's indorsement: “Approved.” Three years to the day since Anderson agreed to give it up.
Fort Sumter post returns, OR I, 35, Pt. 1
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