April 30 Order of Flag-Officer Pendergrast, U. S. Navy, commanding Home Squadron

U. S. FLAGSHIP CUMBERLAND,
Off Fortress Monroe, April 30, 1861.

SIR: You will proceed in the steam tug Yankee and reconnoiter the shore from the Rip Raps to Cape Henry and procure all information that may be useful and necessary.

Should you meet with any armed or suspicious vessels, you will overhaul them and, if necessary, bring them up and anchor them under the guns of the forts.

Very respectfully,

G. J. PENDERGRAST,
Commanding Home Squadron.

Lieutenant THOMAS O. SELFRIDGE,
U. S. Ship Cumberland.

Sources

Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series I, Vol. 4. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1896.