The Richmond Enquirer has the following in connection with the Roanoke Island affair:
“An Authentic anecdote of Major Hugh W. Fry has reached us, and it is thoroughly characteristic of the man, that we cannot forbear giving it publication. During the heat of the conflict Major Fry, with a battalion of infantry was conveyed to the Island to reinforce its defenders. Upon debarking from the steamer Roanoke, Major Fry jocularly exclaimed: ‘All passengers for Fort Warren will please take the coach on the left hand side.’ The sally provoked a general outburst of laughter, but within two hours afterwards the joke was proven to have been prophetic; the jocose Major and his companions were all ticketed for Fort Warren.”
– Published in The Davenport Daily Gazette, Davenport, Iowa, Friday Morning, March 28, 1862, p. 2
