BOSTON., Jan. [sic] 6. – Great activity prevails in getting off the Butler Expedition. Several vessels are already loaded, or loading, with troops and stores. The Maine 14th regiment, 1st Maine battery, 2d Vermont battery and 4th Massachusetts battery, of the New England Division are being embarked to-day. – Probably all the vessels will sail the present week. Gen. Butler’s entire division will consist of about ten thousand men.
There was an immense Corcoran demonstration in Faneuil Hall this evening. About four thousand people were present and much enthusiasm prevailed.
– Published in The Dubuque Herald, Dubuque, Iowa, Friday Morning, February 7, 1862, p. 1
