{"id":11301,"date":"2021-03-27T09:00:30","date_gmt":"2021-03-27T14:00:30","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/dotcw.com\/?p=923"},"modified":"2021-03-27T09:46:07","modified_gmt":"2021-03-27T14:46:07","slug":"operations-in-florida-44","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/operations-in-florida-44\/","title":{"rendered":"I deem it advisable to state that this fort is fully garrisoned with veteran soldiers&#8230;,"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: right;\">HEADQUARTERS FORT TAYLOR, FLA<em>.,<\/em><br \/>\n<em>March <\/em>27<em>, <\/em>1861<em>.<\/em><\/p>\n<p>T. A. M. CRAVEN,<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\"><em>Lieutenant,<\/em> <em>Commanding U. S. Steamer Crusader, Harbor of Key West:<\/em><\/p>\n<p>SIR<strong>: <\/strong>In reference to our conversation this morning and the letter shown by you to myself, and with the desire that we may act together should an occasion occur, I deem it advisable to state that this fort is fully garrisoned with veteran soldiers, and I believe it is entirely within my power to control this island and to prevent a lodgment thereon by any hostile force whatsoever; further, that I intend to treat any attempt to do so as an overt act of war, to be met at its initiation. I have no specific instructions from the War Department, but the course of my duty is clear, and I mean to follow it.<\/p>\n<p style=\"padding-left: 30px;\">I am, sir, very respectfully, your most obedient servant,<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: right;\">WM. H. FRENCH,<br \/>\n<em>Brevet Major, First Artillery, Commanding.<\/em><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>HEADQUARTERS FORT TAYLOR, FLA., March 27, 1861. T. A. M. CRAVEN, Lieutenant, Commanding U. S. Steamer Crusader, Harbor of Key West: SIR: In reference to our conversation this morning and the letter shown by you to myself, and with the desire that we may act together should an occasion occur, I deem it advisable to [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":21,"featured_media":98620,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[31],"tags":[41],"class_list":{"0":"post-11301","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-war-of-the-rebellion-a-compilation-of-the-official-records-of-the-union-and-confederate-armies","8":"tag-operations-in-florida"},"jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"jetpack_featured_media_url":"https:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/01\/War-of-the-Rebellion-Official-Records-e1617334712502.jpg","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11301","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/21"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=11301"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/11301\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/98620"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=11301"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=11301"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.cw-chronicles.com\/blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=11301"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}