Plane No. 4, Oct. 18th, 1859—3.30 P. M.
J. W. Garrett,
L. M. Cole,
H. Tyson.
Our train, with military for Baltimore, passed No. 4 at 2.45 P. M., and we hope to get to Baltimore by 5 o'clock. Major Russell, the hero of the fight, is with me, on his way to report at Washington, and will represent the strong need of a continued guard over the Armory of Government, and over our bridge, as a national highway for the mails.
W. P. SMITH.
SOURCE: B. H. Richardson, Annapolis, Maryland, Publisher, Correspondence
Relating to the Insurrection at Harper's Ferry, 17th October, 1859, p. 24
