Pickens, Francis Wilkinson (1805-1869) to Colonel Richard H. Anderson
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC09201 Author/Creator: Pickens, Francis Wilkinson (1805-1869) Place Written: s.l. Type: Autograph letter signed Date: 29 June 1861 Pagination: 5 p. Order a Copy
Detailed instructions on how he expects Colonel Anderson to command the defense of the Charleston harbor. "If any great emergency should arise, I am determined to hold this fortress at all hazzards, as it is the key of the harbor, and is essential to guard the Independence of the State."
From the wartime papers of South Carolina Governors Francis W. Pickens and Milledge L. Bonham.
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