„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.edu [Архівовано 3 березня 2016 у 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.edu [Архівовано 3 березня 2016 у Wayback Machine.])