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December 18, 1860 - Captain F.C. Humphreys to Captain John Foster

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Union Correspondence, etc.

CHARLESTON ARSENAL, S.C.,
December 18, 1860.

Captain J.G. FOSTER,
U.S. Engineer Corps, Sullivan's Island, S.C.:

DEAR CAPTAIN: The shipmen of the forty muskets, &c., has caused intense excitement. General Schnierle called upon me this morning, and assures me that some violent demonstration is certain unless the excitement can be allayed, and says that Colonel Huger assured the governor that no arms should be removed from this arsenal. As the order under which I made the issue to you was dated prior to Colonel Huger's visit here, I am placed in rather a delicate position. I have pledged my word that they (the forty muskets and accouterments) shall be returned by to-morrow night, and I beg that you will return them to me. I informed General Schnierle that you only desired two muskets, but that I could not issue them without the proper order, but that I had an old order covering the issue of the forty. In views of my pledge that the muskets shall be returned, and the position which Colonel Huger is placed by the issue, I feel satisfied that you will comply with my request. In haste.

Very truly, yours,

F.C. HUMPHREYS,
Military Storekeeper Ordnance, U.S. Army.

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