Sunday, February 23, 2014

Major General George B. McClellan to Gustavus V. Fox, March 12, 1862

FAIRFAX COURT-HOUSE,
March 12, 1862.
Capt. G. V. Fox,  Fort Monroe:

Can I rely on the Monitor to keep the Merrimac in check, so that I can make Fort Monroe a base of operations. Please answer at once.

GEO. B. McCLELLAN,
Major-General.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 9 (Serial No. 9), p. 27

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