Letter
Joseph Holt to Jesse L. Reno, January 3, 1861
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, January 3, 1861.
Srr: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 25th ultimo, asking for the plat and plan of the magazines at Mount Vernon Arsenal, Alabama. In reply, I have to say that I would cheerfully comply with your request did not the interests of the service in the present condition of affairs forbid the publication of information of that description.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
; J. HOLT,
ie Secretary of War ad interim.
Cuar, IIL.) REPORTS, ETC.
No. 2.
ie Secretary of War ad interim.
Cuar, IIL.) REPORTS, ETC.
No. 2.
Report of Capt. Jesse L. Reno, U. S. Ordnance Department, of the seizure
of Mount Vernon Arsenal.
Mount VERNON ARSENAL, January 4, 1861.
Sim: I have the honor to inform you that this arsenal was taken possession of by four companies of volunteers from Mobile at daylight this
of Mount Vernon Arsenal.
Mount VERNON ARSENAL, January 4, 1861.
Sim: I have the honor to inform you that this arsenal was taken possession of by four companies of volunteers from Mobile at daylight this
Editor's Notes
From: Operations on the Pacific Coast, Pt. 1. Location: Washington. Summary: J. Holt, acting Secretary of War, denies Jesse L. Reno's request for Mount Vernon Arsenal plans in 1861, citing security concerns amid rising tensions before its seizure by Alabama volunteers.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 50, Part 1
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