Autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major-General BenjFButler : Butler's book : a review of his legal, political, and military career . session of a room in it,and had a huge fire made there. Placing my despatch book so thatthe water would not run off me on to it, I at once wrote a despatchto Major Morris, of the United States army, in command of FortMcHenry, to which, before I had left Annapolis, I had sent as areinforcement Major Devens with his battalion. I have no copy ofthat despatch, but it was in substance this: — 232 BUTLERS BOOK. Major Morris, United States Army, Commanding Fo
Autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major-General BenjFButler : Butler's book : a review of his legal, political, and military career . session of a room in it,and had a huge fire made there. Placing my despatch book so thatthe water would not run off me on to it, I at once wrote a despatchto Major Morris, of the United States army, in command of FortMcHenry, to which, before I had left Annapolis, I had sent as areinforcement Major Devens with his battalion. I have no copy ofthat despatch, but it was in substance this: — 232 BUTLERS BOOK. Major Morris, United States Army, Commanding Fort McHenry :I have taken possession of Baltimore. My troops are on Federal Hill,which I can hold with the aid of my artillery. If I am attacked to-night,please open upon Monument Square with your mortars. I will keep thehill fully lighted with fires during the night so that you may know wherewe are and not hit us. Major Devens will know my handwriting. I found an intelligent German lad who said he knew very wellthe road to Fort McHenry, and one of my staff officers loaned himhis horse to take the despatch. In a short time the messenger. Headquarteks at Federai. Hill, Baltimore, Md. From a Sketch made on clay of occupation. returned with a note from the brave old major commanding the fort,stating that the order would be obeyed. I had scarcely got my despatch away when Captain Farmer, ofLowell, who had been scouting on his own hook, reported to mewith his lantern, saying: — General, I have been informed that this hill is mined and Aveshall all be blown up. Well, Captain, said I, there will be one comfort in that; weshall at least get dry. But I will go with you and reconnoitre. We w^ent down under the hill and examined the place, and wefound that the liill had been mined, and that a deep cave, whichwe explored, had been dug under it. When we got to the farther BUTLERS BOOK. 233 end of it we found the utensils iuid otlier tools of the miners whichshoAved that it liad been mine
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