U. S. S. Minnesota, Hampton Roads, June 30, 1861.
Sir: I have the honor to acknowledge receipt of your letter of June 28. I enclose the report of L. A. Brown, master’s mate, U. S. S. Monticello, omitted in my letter No. 31. The Penguin arrived yesterday. I have ordered her up off York River.
Respectfully, your obedient servant,
S. H. Stringham,
Flag-Officer, Atlantic Blockading Squadron.
Hon. Gideon Welles, Secretary of Navy.
[Enclosure]
June 24 Report of Master’s Mate Lewis A. Brown, U. S. Navy
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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