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APRIL 17-20, 1864. - Capture of Plymouth, N. C.
REPORTS. *
Numbers 1. - Major General Benjamin F. Butler, U. S. Army, commanding Department of Virginia and North Carolina.
Numbers 2. - Major General John J. Peck, U. S. Army, commanding District of North Carolina.
Numbers 3. - Brigadier General Henry W. Wessells, U. S. Army, commanding Sub- district of the Albemarle.
Numbers 4. - Lieutenant Lucein A. Butts, Eighty-fifth New York Infantry.
Numbers 5. - Brigadier General Innis N. Palmer, U. S. Army.
Numbers 6. - Abstract from Record of Events on return of the District of North Carolina for April, 1864.
Numbers 7. - Resolution of thanks by Confederate Congress.
Numbers 1. Reports of Major General Benjamin F. Butler, U. S. Army, commanding Department of Virginia and North Carolina.FORT MONROE, VA., April 19, 1864-11 a. m.
(Received 12. 30 p. m.)
SIR: I have received communication that the enemy have attacked Plymouth in considerable force; thus far have been repulsed. their iron-clads have not yet come into action. I have directed General Peck to make such disposition of the forces in his district as best to repel this movement. I have taken from him a single cavalry regiment and a light battery. He must have 10,000 men under his command. Shall I do anything more?
B. F. BUTLER,
Major-General.
Lieutenant-General GRANT,
Culpeper, Va.
(Copy to Secretary of War.)
FORT MONROE, VA., April 21, 1864.
Dispatches from Beauford, N. C. Rebel ram came down the Roanoke, passed Plymouth, sunk the Southfield, disabled the Miami, and has gone into the Sound. Flusser is killed. Great consternation there.
BENJ. F. BUTLER,
Major-General, Commanding.
Honorable G. V. FOX,
Assistant Secretary of the Navy.
FORT MONROE, VA., April 21, 1864-8. 30 p. m.
(Received 10. 20 p. m.)
Dispatches in from Beaufort. Rebel ram has come down Roanoke River; sunk one gun-boat; disabled another. Commander Flusser,
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*For reports of naval officers see Annual Report of the Secretary of the Navy, December 5, 1864.
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