U. S. S. Monticello,
Hampton Roads, June 26, 1861.
Sir: It is my painful duty to announce to you that August Peterson, quartermaster on board this ship, died at the hospital in Fortress Monroe of the wound received during the action at Carter’s Creek, in Rappahannock River, on Monday last.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
D. L. Braine, U. S. Navy,
Lieutenant, in Charge U. S. S. Monticello.
Flag-Officer S. H. Stringham,
Commanding Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
Sources
Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series I, Vol. 5. Washington: Government Printing Office, 1897.
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