Albert J. Myer to S. Williams, January 14, 1862

Washington, D. O., January 14, 1862.

SrR: [have the honor to submit to the general commanding tho Army the inclosed letter of special mention from General Stevens, the official report of Commander C. R. P. Rodgers, commanding naval forces, in the recent action at Port Royal Ferry, and the official reports of Lieuts. Henry S. Tafft and William S. Cogswell, acting signal officers of the Army, engaged in that action.

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The gallantry, good conduct, and services rendered by First Lieut. William S. Cogswell, Fifth Connecticut Volunteers, and First Lieut. Henry 8. Tafft, Fifteenth Massachusetts Volunteers, acting signal officers, having been of a character which has elicited the official approbation and mention of the officers commanding both the land and the naval forces, I desire to bring their names to the especial notice of the general commanding the Army.

very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Signal Officer, Major, U. S. Army.
Brig. Gen. S. WILLIAMS,
Assistant Adjutant-General, Army of the Potomac.
[Inclosure.]

Port Royal Harbor, S. 0., January 3, 1862.
SIR:* * * Lieutenant Cogswell, a signal officer of the Army, was