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| Saturday February 2, 1861 |
Instructions of the Secretary of the Navy to Flag- Officer
Pendergrast, U. S. Navy, commanding Home Squadron, regarding
movements of United States vessels.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, February 2, 1861.
SIR: On the receipt hereof you will direct the Powhatan to
and the Pocahontas to Hampton Roads, immediately. You will
proceed with your flagship, the Cumberland, to Hampton Roads
also, and there await the further instructions of the Department.
The Macedonian, which sailed from Portsmouth, N H., on the 13th
of January for Pensacola, will be ordered by the Department to
repair to Vera Cruz.
I. TOUCEY, Secretary of the Navy
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