The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 48, In Two Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc. Page: 204
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LOUISIANA AND THE TRANS-MISSISSIPPI
HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA,
New Orleans, April 26, 1865.
Capt. F. W. PERKINS,
Assistant Quartermaster:
CAPTAIN: The brigadier-general commanding directs that you in-
struct the captain of the boat Colonel Chandler, hence for Fort Liv-
ingston, to be on the lookout for a party of the rebel crew of the ram
Webb, reported to have passed into the canal on their way to the Gulf
near Fort Livingston. A guard of ten men from the Forty-sixth U. S.
Colored Infantry will be ordered to report to you for duty on the boat
this trip. They will be relieved upon their return.
I am, sir, respectfully,
WICKHAM HOFFMAN,
Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA,
New Orleans, April 26, 1865.
ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL DEPARTMENT OF THE GULF:
I have the honor to report the return of Capt. G. W. Curry, Tenth
Illinois Cavalry, who was sent with a squadron of cavalry night before
last to apprehend the refugees of the ram Webb. He has succeeded
in arresting twenty-six of them, who I have ordered to be turned over
to the commissary of prisoners, they being all, as he informs me,
enlisted men. He has been directed to send in a written report with
the descriptions of the men.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
T. W. SHERMAN,
Brigadier- General, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS SOUTHERN DIVISION OF LOUISIANA,
New Orleans, April 26, 1865.
COMMANDING OFFICER FORT LIVINGSTON:
SIR: A party of about ten of the crew of the rebel ram Webb has
passed into the canal and it is supposed will attempt to escape into the
Gulf near Fort Livingston. You will make every effort to intercept
and capture them.
I am, sir, respectfully,
WICKHAM HOFFMAN,
Major and Assistant Adjutant-General.
FORT JACKSON, April 26, 1865. (Received 9 a. m.)
Maj. WICKHAM HOFFMAN,
Assistant Adjutant-General:
Dispatch saying crew rebel ram had passed into canal forty-two miles
below New Orleans received. Have sent to notify Fort Livingston.
A. J. FITZWATER,
Major, Commanding.204
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United States. War Department. The War of the Rebellion: A Compilation of the Official Records of the Union And Confederate Armies. Series 1, Volume 48, In Two Parts. Part 2, Correspondence, etc., book, 1896; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth139841/m1/204/?q=forty-sixth: accessed April 19, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.