He took the letter to General Beauregard, finding him at the Charleston Hotel with Governor Pickens and officers of his staff, and stood aside while the general read it.

Beauregard at once wrote an order.
"This is your discharge from the Palmetto Guards," he said.

"Colonel Kenton writes wisely.

We need Kentucky and I understand that a very little more may bring the state to us.

Go with your father.