Letter

Danl. Butterfield to Lieutenant-Commander Macaw, April 30, 1863

HEADQUARTERS ARMY OF THE POTOMAO,

April 30, 1863. Lieutenant-Commander Macaw, Aquia Oreek: The major-general commanding desires that you have every available vessel of your fleet suitable for such purpose, at Aquia Creek, to convoy store-ships. Please answer.

DANL. BUTTERFIELD,

Major-General, Ohief of Staff.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in N. Virginia, W. Virginia, Maryland, Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Summary: Major-General Butterfield instructs Lieutenant-Commander Macaw to have all suitable vessels at Aquia Creek ready to convoy store-ships and requests confirmation.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 25, Part 1 View original source ↗