Back in action - General Wool (ca.1861 LOC - LC-DIG-ppmsca-08354)
From The New-York Times August 20, 1861:
GEN. WOOL AT FORTRESS MONROE.
FORTRESS MONROE, Sunday, Aug. 18, via BALTIMORE, Monday, Aug. 19.
Gen. WOOL assumed command at Old Point this morning. Lieut. C.C. CHURCH is acting as AdjutantGeneral. The presence of Gen. WOOL is already having a good effect upon the troops.
The volunteer regiments are fast receiving their new uniforms, and their condition is in every respect improving.
Heavy firing was heard this morning at Willoughby Point. The Confederates are probably trying the range of their batteries.
Capt. WALES’ company of New-York light cavalry is already well organized, and it is hoped that the regiment of which it is a part will soon be completed.
The editors at The New-York Times sure were fired up by John E. Wool’s arrival at Fortress Monroe. They had the 77 year old career army man leading 30,000 troops in an armada against Charleston.
Wool with McClellan, Banks, and Scott (ca. 1861 LOC - LC-USZ62-100758)
