Official Reports: Expedition to and Occupation of Newport News, Va., May 27-29, 1861

Reports of Maj. Gen. B. F. Butler, U. S. Army, Commanding Department of Virginia.

• Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott, May 27, 1861
• Major-General Benjamin F. Butler to Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott, May 29, 1861

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 2 (Serial No. 2), p. 52-4