Wednesday, January 13, 2016

Governor Thomas H. Hicks to Brigadier-General Benjamin F. Butler, April 20, 1861

State of Maryland, Executive Chamber, ANNAPOLIS, Apr. 20th, 1861

To the Commander of the Volunteer troops on board the Steamer

SIR: I would most earnestly advise that you do not land your men at Annapolis. The excitement is very great, and I think it prudent that you should take your men elsewhere. I have declared to the Secretary of War advising against your landing your men here.

Very respectfully,
THOS. H. HICKS,
Gov. of Md.

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. 18

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