HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT
OF THE GULF,
New Orleans, May 16,
1862.
G. COPPELL,
Acting Consul of Her Britannic
Majesty, New Orleans:
SIR: Your communication in relation to Samuel Nelson is
received. Whenever Samuel Nelson desires a trial he can have it. He is now in
Fort Jackson because, amongst other things, he declined an investigation.
Officially, your
obedient servant,
BENJ. F. BUTLER,
Major-General,
Commanding.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series III, Volume
2 (Serial No. 123), p. 129
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