State of Maryland,
Executive Chamber, ANNAPOLIS, April 22, 1861
To Brig. Gen’l. B. F. BUTLER
SIR: I am in receipt of your two communications of this date
informing me of your intentions to land the men under your command this evening
at Annapolis, for the purpose of marching thence to the City of Washington. I
content myself with protesting against this movement, which, in view of the
excited condition of the people of this State, I cannot but consider an unwise
step on the part of the Government. But I must earnestly urge upon you that
there shall be no halt made by the troops in this City.
Very Respectfully,
Your Obdt. Servant,
THOS. H. HICKs, Gov.
of Maryland
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. 26
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