forts and arsenals and certain arms and munitions of war. An officer will very soon be ordered to the duty of receiving the property described in ordinances from the authorities of Georgia, with authority, of course, to receipt for the same. In relation to such of the guns to be transfered as were made for the State of Georgia under contract, I beg to say that this Government is quite willing to pay for all such in cash, as you desire. The contracts made by Your Excellency with the Tredegar Works it will probably be advantageous to this Government to have transfered to it, but as this Government has itself a contract with the establishment calling for thirty 10-inch guns, to be delivered at the rate of two per week, beginning with the first week in this month, I must ask Your Excellency to furnish me copies, that the Department may be able, before decidling finnaly, to ascertain precisely times of delivery and the like; and I shall be glad to receive such copies as soon as Your Excellency's convencies will permit. The officer detalied for the duty mentioned in this letter will very probably report himself to Your Excellency within the next two or three days.

With great consideration, your obedient servant,

L. P. WALKER.

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SPECIAL ORDERS,
HEADQUARTERS PROVISIONAL ARMY, Numbers 1.
Savannah, Ga., April 17, 1861.

The undersing having been appointed a brigadier-general in the Provisional Army of the Confederate States, and assigned by the Secretary of War to the command of Foprt Pulaski and the surrounding country, announces to the troops on duty and to all concerend that he assumes the command, as ordered has established his heaquarters, for the present, at the Oglethorpe Barracks, in this city. All communication on business connected with his office will, until further orders, be addressed to Colonel Henry C. Wayne, adjutant-general of the State, who is acting as chief of his staff.

A. R. LAWTON.

Brigadier-General, Commanding.

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EXECUTIVE DEPARTMENT,
Milledgeville, Ga., April 18, 1861.

Honorable L. P. WALKER,

Secretary of War, Montgomery, Ala.:

SIR: I am informed by a telegram received from H. C. Wayne, adjutant-general, now in Savannah, that he has reliable information from Washington that a plan for retaking Fort Pulaski has been matured. Taking this in connection with the declaration of Mr. Lincoln that he intends to retake all the Southern forts, I anticipate an attack on Fort Pulaski at on very distant day. I threfore respectfully ask that you at once order 5,000 troops of Fort Pulaski and for the defense of Savannah with its approaches. I will responed promptly to all requisitions made on me for volunteers for that purpose. An early reply is respectfully solicited. In advance of your written requisition, you will oblige by mentioning by telegrap the number of troops you will receive, if any, that I may be putting them in readiness as fact as possible for active service*.

I am, very respectully, your obedient servnat,

JOSEPH E. BROWN.

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* For reply, see VOL. I, p. 464.

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