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December 27, 1860 - Secretary John Buchanan Floyd to Major Robert Anderson

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Reports of Maj. Robert Anderson, U.S. Army, of the evacuation of Fort Moultrie, S.C.

[Telegram.]
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Adjutant-General's Office,
December 27, 1860.

Major ANDERSON,
Fort Moultrie:

Intelligence has reached here this morning that you have abandoned Fort Moultrie, spiked your guns, burned the carriages, and gone to Fort Sumter. It is not believed, because there is no order for any such movement. Explain the meaning of this report.

J.B. FLOYD,
Secretary of War


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