Wednesday, March 28, 2018

Gideon Welles to Commodore Samuel Livingston Breese, April 1, 1861

[Telegram—Copy]
Washington, D.C.
April 1 st, 1861.
Rec'd. Brooklyn 4 10 p.m.     
Commodore S. L. Breese
Navy Yard

The Department revokes its orders for the detachment of the officers of the “Powhatan” and the transfer and discharge of her crew. Hold her in readiness for sea service.

Gideon Welles, 
Secretary Navy.

SOURCES: Robert Means Thompson & Richard Wainwright, Editors, Publications of the Naval Historical Society, Volume 9: Confidential Correspondence of Gustavus Vasa Fox, Assistant Secretary of the Navy, 1861-1865, Volume 1, p. 16

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