ANNAPOLIS, MARYLAND, April
25th, 1861
ORDERs
BRIG. GEN’L. B. F. BUTLER, Commdg the Annapolis depot, will
at once take measures, in concert with the Naval Commander at this station, to
arm and hold Fort Madison and old Fort Nonsense, with such other points in
their vicinity, on the opposite bank of the Severn, as may be necessary to
secure the safety of this station.
By authority of the PRESIDENT
OF THE U. S.
SOURCE: Jessie Ames Marshall, Editor, Private and
Official Correspondence of Gen. Benjamin F. Butler During the Period of the
Civil War, Volume 1: April 1860 – June 1862, p. 42
