„General Beauregard did not open fire upon Fort Sumter until this fleet was, to his knowledge, very near the harbor of Charleston, and until he had inquired of Major Anderson … whether he would engage to take no part in the expected blow, then coming down upon him from the approaching fleet“(www.tulane.eduАрхивная копия от 3 марта 2016 на Wayback Machine)
„General Beauregard did not open fire upon Fort Sumter until this fleet was, to his knowledge, very near the harbor of Charleston, and until he had inquired of Major Anderson … whether he would engage to take no part in the expected blow, then coming down upon him from the approaching fleet“(www.tulane.eduАрхивная копия от 3 марта 2016 на Wayback Machine)