Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 1. Page: 73
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OPERATIONS OF THE CRUISERS-UNION.
Report of Commander Scott, U. S. Navy, commanding U. S. S. Keystone
State, relative to search for C. S. S. Sumter.
IU. S. S. KEYSTONE STATE,
Key West, August 26, 1861.
SIR: I learn the Sumter is now at Porto Bello without money, credit,
or coal; I shall therefbre proceed with all dispatch to that point, touch-
ing at Alacran Reef, off Yucatan, where it is believed the Sumter has
sent prizes.
I shall also touch at Aspinwall, that being the nearest point where
coal can be had. The order of the Department directss me, after obtain-
ing something definite of the Sumter, to report at Key West for the
Gulf Squadron. Flag-Officer Mervine, I learn from Lieutenant Com-
mandillg Trenchard, commands the Gulf Blockading Squadron and
Flag-Officer Peudergrast the Gulf Squadron. I am therefore in doubt
as to which squadron the Department desires me to report and ask to
be informed at Aspinwall.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
G. H. SCOTT,
Commander.
Hon. GIDEON WELLES,
Secretary of the Navy, Washington, D. C.
Letter from Secretary of the Navy to Allan McLane, esq., president
Pacific Mail Steamship Company, regarding measures for protection
of California steamers.
NAVY DEPARTMENT, August 27, 1861.
Your letter of the 24th instant, relating to the safety of the Cali-
fornia steamer, has been received. You are informed in reply that the
steam ships of war Keystone State, Richmond, and Penguin are cruising
for the Sumter and awaiting the arrival of the California steamer.
I am, respectfully,
GIDEON WELLES,
I Secretary of the Navy.]
ALLAN MCLANE, New York.
Instructions from Secretary of the Navy to Commander Brasher, U. S.
Navy, commanding U. S. brig Bainbridge, relative to convoying mail
steamers.
.NAVY DEPARTMENT, August 28, 1861.
SIR: You are authorized to convoy any of the mail steamers bound
from Aspinwall to New York with treasure some 50 or 60 miles from
the former port, provided the commanders of those vessels require of
you such service. After the performance of this duty you will imme-
diately return to your anchorage off Aspinwall.
I am, respectfully, your obedient servant,
GIDEON WELLES,
[Secretary of the Navy.]
Commander T. M. BRASHER,
Commanding U. S. Brig Bainbridge, Aspinwall, New Granada.73
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United States. War Department. Official Records of the Union and Confederate Navies in the War of the Rebellion. Series 1, Volume 1., book, 1894; Washington D.C.. (https://texashistory.unt.edu/ark:/67531/metapth192836/m1/94/: accessed April 26, 2024), University of North Texas Libraries, The Portal to Texas History, https://texashistory.unt.edu; crediting UNT Libraries Government Documents Department.