WASHINGTON, June 13,
1862.
Col. CHARLES ELLET, JR.,
Commander of Ram Fleet, opposite Memphis:
The appointments of Dr. Roberts as fleet surgeon and Dr.
Lawrence as assistant have been made and forwarded to you by mail, via Cairo. I
am glad to learn that you are not entirely disabled, and hope you may be able
to give the finishing stroke to the enemy at Vicksburg. Please send me by mail
a full description of the vessels composing your fleet; its armament, force,
equipment, and where you prepared it, and the cost, suitable for a report to
Congress.
EDWIN M. STANTON,
Secretary of War.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
17, Part 2 (Serial No. 25), p. 8
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