Letter
l JOHN A. DIX, November 21, 1861
Baltimore, November 21, 1861.
âGENERAL: Lieutenant Coffin, commanding the Hercules, will leave to-morrow for Pungoteague Inlet. I sent letters to you to-day by mail, via Salisbury, with my last instructions. You will please send a small force south of Eastville, to take Cape Charles light-house, and to make such reconnaissances as to assure yourself that the rebel organizations are entirely broken up. Please give Lieutenant Coffin such instructions as may be necessary for the protection of your supplies and transports, and for preventing the escape of persons connected ” with the rebel corps in Accomac and Northampton Counties. I am,
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
l JOHN A. DIX,
Major-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, N. Virginia, W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: Baltimore. Summary: Major-General John A. Dix orders a military operation to secure Cape Charles lighthouse, disrupt rebel forces in Accomac and Northampton Counties, and protect Union supplies and transports.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 5
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