Letter
Henry W. Halleck to Quincy A. Gillmore, November 19, 1863
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
Washington, November 19, 1863.
Major-General GILLMORE, Comdg. Dept. of the South:
GENERAL: The Secretary of the Treasury has submitted to the War Department various letters of A. G. Brown, special agent of the Treasury Department, alleging violations of General Orders, No. 88, War Department. These make special references to—
Fernandina and Saint Augustine.
Second. To schooner Mail, landing valuable cargo of foreign wines and liquors, contrary to Treasury regulations.
held by agents of the Treasury Department at Hilton Head, consigned to collector of customs at New York.
Your attention is particularly called to this matter, and you will report on these alleged violations of Treasury regulations.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
H. W. HALLECK,
General-in-Chief.
General-in-Chief.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations on the coasts of South Carolina, Georgia, and Middle and East Florida, Pt. 1. Location: Washington. Summary: General Halleck instructs Major-General Gillmore to investigate alleged Treasury regulation violations involving foreign wine and liquor shipments at Fernandina and Saint Augustine.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 28, Part 1
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