HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
New York, April 8, 1861.
First Lieut. EDWARD McK. HUDSON,
Fourth Artillery, Comdg. U. S. troops on the steamer Baltic:
SIR: I am instructed by the General-in-Chief to say to you that the destination of the two hundred recruits embarked on the steamer Baltic is Fort Sumter, and that “Capt. G. V. Fox, ex-officer of the Navy, and a gentleman of high standing, as well as possessed of extraordinary nautical ability, has been charged by high authority in Washington with the command of the expedition, under cover of certain ships of war.”
You will accordingly be governed by the instructions of Captain Fox.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
H. L. SCOTT,
Lieutenant-Colonel and A.D.C., Act. Adjt. Gen.