. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . rner G. Morehead and Charles P Dare, made a protest,stating that a large proportion of the guns were worthless, havingbroken locks, rusted barrels and misfit bayonets. Major Porter, A. A. G.,wrote that the guns are horrible, and if a collision should arise the re-sponsibility is fearful. The officers will not take it. With regard to the issue of these defective fire-arms to our patientand patriotic regiments of the three-months service, the DepartmentCommander, exasperated from his experiences and depressed by his heavytask, wro
. Philadelphia in the Civil War 1861-1865 [electronic resource] . rner G. Morehead and Charles P Dare, made a protest,stating that a large proportion of the guns were worthless, havingbroken locks, rusted barrels and misfit bayonets. Major Porter, A. A. G.,wrote that the guns are horrible, and if a collision should arise the re-sponsibility is fearful. The officers will not take it. With regard to the issue of these defective fire-arms to our patientand patriotic regiments of the three-months service, the DepartmentCommander, exasperated from his experiences and depressed by his heavytask, wrote on May 9th to his Assistant Adjutant General: It appearsthat the regiments here are now entirely neglected by the State authorities,who are sending everything to the regiments in the interior. Gen. Benjamin F. Butler, with the 6th Massachusetts and 8th NewYork Regiments and Cooks Battery, occupied Federal Hill, Baltimore,on the night of May 12th. Two days later the 18th, 19th and 22d Regi-ments left Philadelphia, in command of Gen. Cadwalader, for that STATION OF THE PENNSYLVANIA R. R., ELEVENTH AND MARKET STREETS.
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