George W. Snyder, lieutenant of Engineers, February 28,
1861: 4 regiments, or 4,000 men; 4 vessels of war.
R. K. Meade, jr., second lieutenant of Engineers, February
28, 1861: 5,000 men, at least; supported by gunboats.
S. W. Crawford, February 28, 1861: 4,000 men, supported by
the Navy.
Norman J. Hall, second lieutenant, First Artillery, February
28, 1861: 3,500 men; 7 war vessels.
J. C. Davis, first lieutenant, First Artillery, February 28,
1861: 3,000 men; 6 war vessels.
Theodore Talbot, first lieutenant, First Artillery, February
28, 1861: 3,000 men and naval vessels.
T. Seymour, brevet captain and lieutenant, First Artillery,
February 28, 1864.*
A. Doubleday, captain, First Artillery, February 28,
1861:10,000 men and Navy.
J. G. Foster, captain of Engineers, February 28, 1861: 6,000
regulars or 20,000 volunteers to take them; 10,000 regulars or 30,000
volunteers to hold them.
Captain Ward, who came here believing it practicable,
abandoned it after consultation with General Scott. General Scott and the Chief
of the Coast Survey, Mr. Foster, evidently a man of sound sense and experience
as a seaman, who is acquainted with the waters, having formerly been attached
to the Coast Survey, proposed to make the attempt with cutters of light draught
and large dimensions. He was in a measure sustained by Commodore Stringham, but
did not suppose provisions for more than one or two months could be furnished
at a time.
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* See
p. 197.
SOURCE: The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of
the Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume
1 (Serial No. 1), p. 202-3