On board steamer Maryland, off Annapolis On board steamer Maryland, off Annapolis, April 22, 1861. Colonel Munroe is charged with the execution of the following order: At 5 o’clock a.…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ANNAPOLIS, Federal Hill, Baltimore, May 15, 1861. I received your telegram this morning, and hasten to reply in detail. In obedience to verbal directions, received from the…
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C., May 14, 1861. Brig. Gen. BENJAMIN F. BUTLER, Commanding Department of Annapolis, Md.: Sir: Your hazardous occupation of Baltimore was made without my knowledge,…
HEADQUARTERS ARMY, Washington, May 24, 1861. General McCLELLAN, U.S. A., Cincinnati, Ohio: We have certain intelligence that at least two companies of Virginia troops have reached Grafton, evidently with the…