Dear sir - You shan't

[SWMODave]

General P G T Beauregard CSA // General Q A Gilmore, USA

This was taken from The Portrait Monthly and
1863 newspaper accounts ​

 

[JOHN42768]

Worth a try.

 

[Larryh86GT]

Nice!

 

[Carronade]

Point - Beauregard

 

[Cavalry Charger]

That's what you call short and sweet

Did he really spell 'shall', shell??

 

[Northern Light]

That's what you call short and sweet

Did he really spell 'shall', shell??

I think he actually meant it, CC.

 

[Cavalry Charger]

I think he actually meant it, CC.

I think so, too

 

[Mrs. V]

Clear and to the point for sure!

 

[CanadianCanuck]

Now that's a deadly pun.

 

[gary]

Gillmore gained his reputation at Fort Pulaski and destroyed it at Charleston.

 

[John Hartwell]

Not nearly as trite or quotable, but, here's full text of Gilmore's response:

[Washington Evening Star, Sept. 3, 1863]​

In other words, "I shell!"

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

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General P G T Beauregard CSA // General Q A Gilmore, USA

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This was taken from The Portrait Monthly and
1863 newspaper accounts ​

The beginning of incidents that would lead to the "Immortal 600".

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE SOUTH,
Morris Island, S. C., August 21, 1863.
General G. T. BEAUREGARD,
Commanding Confederate Forces, Charleston, S. C.:

GENERAL : I have the honor to demand of you the immediate
evacuation of Morris Island and Fort Sumter by the Confederate
forces. The present condition of Fort Sumter and the rapid and progressive destruction which it is undergoing from my batteries, seem
to render its complete demolition within a few hours a matter of
certainty. All my heaviest guns have not yet opened.
Should you refuse compliance with this demand, or should I re-
ceive no reply thereto within four hours after it is delivered into the
hands of your subordinate at Fort Wagner for transmission, I shall
open fire on the city of Charleston from batteries already established
within easy and effective range of the heart of the city.
I am, general, very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Q. A. GILLMORE,
Brigadier-General, Commanding.

 

[East Tennessee Roots]

The beginnings of incidents that would lead to the "Immortal 600".

Since you have felt warranted in inaugurating this method of reducing batteries in your immediate front which were found otherwise impregnable, and a mode of warfare which I confidently declare to be atrocious and unworthy of any soldier, I now solemnly warn you that if you fire again on this city from your Morris Island batteries without granting a somewhat more reasonable time to remove non-combatants, I shall feel impelled to employ such stringent means of retaliation as may be available during the continuance of this attack.

Finally, I reply, that neither the works on Morris Island nor Fort Sumter will be evacuated on the demand you have even pleased to make. Already, however, I am taking measures to remove, with the utmost possible celerity, all non-combatants, who are now fully aware of and alive to what they may expect at your hands.

Respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,

G. T. BEAUREGARD,

General, Commanding.

 

[dixie1861]

 

[Ole Miss]

Ah those verbose Victorians! Just keep running on and on using their massive vocabularies!!!
Regards
David

 

[Michael_Schaffner]

It took awhile, but it ended well...