General pass for the schooner "W. H. Travers"—Trip down the bay after blockade runners and mail carriers—Gillock and Lewis, two of my officers, captured by Union pickets—Commodore Foxhall A. Parker—Potomac flotilla— Arrest of J. B. McWilliams—My watch gone to the mermaids—The ignorance of "poor white trash."
To save delay in getting out of the harbor the following request was made:
Headquarters, Middle Department,
8th Army Corps,
Baltimore, June 9, 1864.
Capt. Cornell,
Commanding Revenue Cutter,
Baltimore Harbor.
Captain.—I have the honor to request that you permit the schooner "W. H. Travers" under command of Lieut. Smith, to pass your vessel without Custom Clearance. She is employed in the Secret Service Bureau, 8th A.C.
Respy, your most obdt. servt.,
John Woolley,
Lt. Col. and Provost Marshal.
Headquarters, Middle Department,
8th Army Corps.
Baltimore, June 9, 1864.
Special Order No. 76.
Lieut. H. B. Smith with detachment of Secret Service Corps, will proceed on schooner "W. H. Travers" to such points on Eastern and Western shore of Maryland, Eastern and Western shore of Virginia, and Southern and Northern shore of the Potomac river, as he deems proper and necessary to further the instructions of the Government.
By command of Major General Wallace,
John Woolley,
Lt. Col. and Provost Marshal.