Letter
Tieutenant-General to William H. Seward, March 19, 1865
Crry Port, V. A.
Crry Port, V. A., March 19, 1865.
Hon. W. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State: With this I have the honor of forwarding to you specimens of fuses captured at Fort Fisher, N. C., together with the certifieate of Lieut. Col. O. E. Babcock, aide-de-camp on my staff, that they were so captured, and the statement of Col. Tal. P. Shaffner that the same were manufactured at the Woolwich Arsenal, England, an arsenal owned and run by the British Government.
U. 8. GRANT,
Tieutenant-General,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, Pt. 1. Location: Crry Port, V. A.. Summary: Lieutenant-General U.S. Grant forwards captured fuse specimens from Fort Fisher to Secretary Seward, asserting they were manufactured at the British government-owned Woolwich Arsenal.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 46, Part 1
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