Saturday, February 3, 2024

Major Robert Strange to Colonel John B. Sale, January 15, 1865

WILMINGTON, January 15, 1865.
Col. JOHN B. SALE,
        Richmond, Va.:

Official information from General W. H. C. Whiting, at Fort Fisher, of 8 o'clock this p.m., reports enemy's attack on Fort Fisher unsuccessful. Fresh troops are being sent to him.

ROBERT STRANGE,        
Major and Aide-de-Camp.

SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 2 (Serial No. 96), p. 1061

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