Washington Washington, May 11, 1861. Brig. Gen. B. F. BUTLER, Commanding Department of Annapolis : GENERAL: General Scott is informed of certain reported irregulari- – ties committed by troops guarding…
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C., May 14, 1861. Brig. Gen. BENJAMIN F. BUTLER, Commanding Department of Annapolis, Md.: Sir: Your hazardous occupation of Baltimore was made without my knowledge,…
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter. Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., January 26, 1861. SIR: Your letter of the 15th instant, inclosing Orders, No. 1, from the headquarters Department of the Pacific, reached…
May 20, 1861. Str: I have the honor to inform you that, late in the evening of the 18th instant, I received intelligence of an attack, made by the enemy’s…