[rustbucket]

From Anderson himself to South Carolina officials on January 19, 1861 refusing the offer of food from the governor (my bold):

SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of this date, stating that you are authorized by his excellency the governor to inform me that he has directed an officer of the State to procure and carry over with my mails each day to Fort Sumter such supplies of fresh meat and vegetables as I may indicate. I confess that I am at a loss to understand the latter part of this message, as I have not represented in any quarter that we were in need of such supplies.

[Bubba Ho-Tep]

And you skip the next line:

As commandant of a military post, I can only have my troops furnished with fresh beef in the manner prescribed by law, and an am compelled, therefore, with due thanks to his excellency, respectfully to decline his offer. If his suggestion is based upon a right, then I must procure the meat as we have been in the habit of doing for years, under an unexpired contract with Mr. McSweeney, a Charleston butcher...