Francis Zantzinger

Francis Zantzinger

Letter from Francis Zantzinger to Benjamin Franklin Butler, June 11, 1864
Hd. Qts, Va., June 11, 1864 [Not in chronological order]

Major General B. F. Butler, Commanding Dept. Va. and N. Carolina

General: We will cause our letter to Gov. Pierpont to be published immediately on our arrival at Norfolk in the New Regime, Baltimore, New York, Boston, Philadelphia, and other
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papers that gave countenance to his pamphlet, with a suitable letter from us requesting as an act of justice to you that the editor will place the same in a conspicuous place. If this course on our part will be sufficient to vindicate your action in our case against the unjust aspersions in the said pamphlet, we trust you will not think it necessary to publish our confession, feeling sincerely and deeply grateful for your considerate kindness of which we were not aware until our recent examination. We are,

Most respectfully, Your obt. s'v'ts,

F. Zantzinger, J. T. Daniels