[Bull Snipe]

“Nobody was stationed there by actual orders”

Not the case. Anderson, as the senior Army officer on scene, had the authority to order his troops to a position that was more defensible. Sumter was more easily defended with 100 or so troops, than the open batteries he had occupied.

[DiogenesLamp]

Not the case. Anderson, as the senior Army officer on scene, had the authority to order his troops to a position that was more defensible.

Am aware that Anderson took it upon himself to move his force there. He wasn't ordered to be stationed there by his superiors.