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| December 30, 1860 - Colonel John Cunningham to Captain Frederick Humphreys
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 Click for full-sized scanned image Reports of and correspondence with Ordnance Storekeeper F.C. Humphreys, U.S. Army, in reference to seizure of Charleston Arsenal.
CHARLESTON,
December 30, 1860-10 1/2 o'clock a.m.
SIR: I herewith demand an immediate surrender of the U.S. Arsenal at this place and under your charge, and a delivery to me of the keys and contents of the arsenals, magazines, &c.
I am already proceeding to occupy it with a strong armed detachment of troops.
I make the demand in the name of the State of South Carolina, and by virtue of an order from its governor, a copy of which is inclosed.
Very respectfully,
JOHN CUNNINGHAM,
Colonel Seventeenth Reg. Inf., S.C.M.
to Captain F.C. HUMPHREYS,
Military Storekeeper Ordnance.
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