. Autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major-General Benj. F. Butler; Butler's book . ession of a room in it,and had a huge fire made there. Placing my despatch book so thaithe water would not run off me on to it, I at once wrote a despatchto Major Morris, of the United States army, in command (A 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. M
. Autobiography and personal reminiscences of Major-General Benj. F. Butler; Butler's book . ession of a room in it,and had a huge fire made there. Placing my despatch book so thaithe water would not run off me on to it, I at once wrote a despatchto Major Morris, of the United States army, in command (A 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. Headquarters at Federal Hill, Baltimore, Md. From a Sketch made on day of occupation. returned with a note from the brave old major commanding the fort,stating that the order would he 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 weshall 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 went down under the hill and examined the place, and wefound that the hill had been mined, and that a deep cave, wrhichwe explored, had been dug under it. When we got to the farther BUTLERS BOOK. 233 end of it we found the utensils and other tools of the miners whichshowed that it had been mined — for the very peaceable and properpurpose of getting s
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