PHILADELPHIA, April
19th, 1861
Capt. M. GALLOWAY
DEAR SIR:
We have concluded to send the troops to Annapolis, and when
the train arrives at Perryville with them, you will take them on board and
proceed to Annapolis, and land them there at some convenient wharf, and then
return with the greatest expedition to Havre de Grace. Have plenty coal on board
and no cars on the upper deck. We shall have a large number of troops, and
shall be obliged to let them occupy both decks. You will give them every
attention, and promote their comfort in all ways possible. They are our
mainstay now, and God speed them.
Yours truly,
S. M. FELTON
SOURCE: Jessie Ames Marshall, Editor, Private and
Official Correspondence of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler During the Period of the
Civil War, Volume 1: April 1860 – June 1862, p. 17
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