‘I considered it well understood at the time between General Seymour and myself that no advance would be made without further instructions from me until the defences were well advanced.’Seymour, left in command, at once issued a number of orders for the governing of his territory. One of these honored the memory of the regiment's first commander in the following words:—
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From Barber's on the 14th a detachment went to Callahan Station and destroyed the railroad and bridges there.
This Florida expedition was a subject of Congressional inquiry.
Seymour's letters disclose a most remarkable change of views and purposes.
Gillmore was for holding Jacksonville as a base, and Baldwin, Pilatka, and other secondary posts with small garrisons and earthworks.
After a conference with Seymour on the 14th at Jacksonville, Gillmore departed for Hilton Head.
In his report to Halleck he says,—
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