Thursday, June 13, 2019

Lieutenant-General Winfield Scott to Brigadier-General Benjamin F. Butler, April 29, 1861

WASHINGTON, D.C. April 29th, 1861
To Brigadier General BUTLER

With our present force we are no longer under apprehensions for the safety of this City. In the course of the day you will be instructed as to forwarding more troops.

WINFIELD SCOTT

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. 54

No comments: