Beaufort County, NC - Letters William & Emmet Robinson Collection Johnston County Heritage Center Reference Box, P.C.1.1. Document has written at the bottom George Ragsdale Collection Executive Department Raleigh Apr 20th 1861 Col. C.C. Tew County Fort Macon Sir, You are placed in chief command of Fort Macon, Beaufort Harbor and all points and places in its vicinity, all guns and muntions of war and supplies of every description arriving at the Harbor will be taken charge of by you. You will on no account allow any works to be thrown up or guard to be posted about the Harbor unless by your direction. You will not allow any troops to remain in or near Fort Macon who have not been ordered out by the Commander in-chief, or who fail to report themselves to you and submit to your orders. After due notice to all persons infringing these orders and who {Seal} may refuse to desist, you will have them arrested and placed in close confinement until further orders. By order of the Commander in Chief J. F. Hoke Adjutant General _________________________________________________________________________ USGENWEB NOTICE: In keeping with our policy of providing free information on the Internet, data may be used by non-commercial entities, as long as this message remains on all copied material. The electronic pages may NOT be reproduced in any format for profit or for presentation by other persons or organizations. Persons or organizations desiring to use this material for purposes other than stated above must obtain the written consent of the file contributor, and contact the listed USGenWeb archivist with proof of this consent. The submitter has given permission to the USGenWeb Archives to store the file permanently for free access. File contributed for use in USGenWeb Archives by Guy Potts __________________________________________________________________________