Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) (1818-1893) to Charles A. Heckman
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Gilder Lehrman Collection #: GLC02297.05 Author/Creator: Butler, Benjamin F. (Benjamin Franklin) (1818-1893) Place Written: Fortress Monroe, Virginia Type: Letter Date: 22 December 1863 Pagination: 2 p. : docket ; 25 x 20 cm. Order a Copy
Secretarial letter written and signed for Butler by R. C. Davis. Writes to Brigadier General Heckman, commanding forces at Newport News, Virginia. Encloses orders for Captain Belger's Rhode Island battery to report to Point Lookout, Maryland for duty. "The reason for this move is that that country has been added to this Department and an attack by the Rebels is apprehended to release the prisoners now confined there." Written on stationery of Headquarters 18th Army Corps, Department of Virginia & North Carolina.
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