THE WAR OF THE REBELLION: A COMPILATION OF THE OFFICIAL RECORDS OF THE UNION AND CONFEDERATE ARMIES. PUBLISHED UNDER THE DIRECTION OF The Hon. RUSSELL A. ALGER, Secretary of War, BY MAJ. GEORGE W. DAVIS, U. S. ARMY, MR. LESLIE J. PERRY, CIVILIAN EXPERT, MR. JOSEPH W. KIRKLEY, CIVILIAN EXPERT, Board of Publication. SERIES I-VOLUME LI-IN TWO PARTS. WASHINGTON: GOVERNMENT PRINTING OFFICE. CHAPTER LXIII. OPERATIONS IN MARYLAND, EASTERN NORTH CAROLINA, PENNSYLVANIA, VIRGINIA (EXCEPT SOUTHWESTERN), AND WEST VIRGINIA. SUPPLEMENT EMBRACING DOCUMENTS FOUND OR RECEIVED TOO LATE FOR INSERTION IN VOLUMES 1, 2, 4, 5, 9, 11, 12, 18, 19, 21, 25, 27, 29, 33, 36, 37, 40, 42, 43, AND 46. January 1, 1861-June 30, 1865. PART I.* [The number in brackets at the lower left hand of each document indicates the volume to which it properly belongs.] APRIL 16, 1861.—Seizure of Forts Caswell and Johnston, N. C. Report of Col. John L. Cantwell, Thirtieth North Carolina Militia. FORT CASWELL, Mouth of Cape Fear River, April 17, 1861. SIR: For the information of the commander-in chief I have the honor to report as follows: Early on the morning of the 16th instant (yesterday) I received an order by telegraph from Goldsborough, such of the force under my command as I might deem requisite for the through the acting adjutant-general, directing me to proceed, withi purpose, to Forts Caswell and Johnston, and take possession of the same in the name of the State, with instructions that the measure was one of precaution; to observe strictly a peaceful policy, and act only having been issued to that effect) I took command of the battalion composed of detachments from the following companies: Wilmington Part II contains the Confederate correspondence, &c. *Embraces the Union and Confederate reports and the Union correspondence, &c. 1 R R-VOL LI, PT I (1) |