This evening all the principal forts in the harbor of New York will be garrisoned by order of Gov. Morgan. The 5th New York volunteer artillery, enlisted and instructed for heavy artillery service, and recently ordered to Washington to garrison the forts in the vicinity of the capitol, has been retained, and under orders received to-day will be apportioned in companies to the different forts in New York harbor.
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Thursday Morning, March 13, 1862, p. 1
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