Chas. P. Stone to Brigadier- General, February 8, 1862

Washington, February 8, 1862.

SIR:

This will.be handed to you by the officer sent in-charge of Brig. Gen. Charles P. Stone, who is under close arrest.

You will please confine General Stone in Fort Lafayette, allowing him the comforts due his rank, and allowing him no communication with – any one by letter or otherwise, except under the usual supervision.

GEO. B. McCLELLAN, Major-General. COMMANDING OFFICER FORT LAFAYETTE. ;

WASHINGTON, D. C., February 9, 1862. GENERAL: This morning about 1 o’elock I was arrested by Brigadier-General Sykes, commanding city guard, and made a elose prisoner by order, as I was informed, of the Major-General Commanding-in-Chief. Conscious of being and having been at all times a faithful soldier of the United States, I most respectfully request that I may be furnished, at as early à moment as praetieable, with a copy of whatever charges may have been preferred against me and the opportunity of promptly meeting them. 1

Very respectfully, I am, general, your most obedient servant,

Brigadier- General.
Brig. Gen. S. WILLIAMS, :
Assistant Adjutant- General, Hdqrs. Army of the Potomac.
FORT HAMILTON, BAY OF NEW YORK, :
April 5, 1862.
COLONEL: I respectfully request of you a copy of the order by authority of which, on the 10th of February last, I was confined in Fort
Lafayette.