[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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