Telegram
Lieutenant-General Scott to PATTERSON, Philadelphia, May 14, 1861
Washington
Washington, May 14, 1861.
General PATTERSON, Philadelphia:
Your telegram of this date is received. It is not known what reason you can have had for sending more troops to Fort McHenry. The garrison is supposed to be amply sufficient, and no more can be accommodated. Let the troops come as at first ordered. Baltimore is within General Butler’s department.
By command of Lieutenant-General Scott :
E. K. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
PHILADELPHIA, P. A., May 14, 1861.
To the ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
PHILADELPHIA, P. A., May 14, 1861.
To the ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL,
Headquarters of the Army, Washington City :
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: Washington. Summary: Lieutenant-General Scott directs General Patterson to halt additional troop deployments to Fort McHenry, citing sufficient garrison strength and jurisdictional authority of General Butler over Baltimore.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 2
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