Letter of Secretary of the NavyConfederate States of America, Navy Department, Richmond, March 11th, 1862.
Signed: S.B. Mallory [sic]
Transmitted with "Message of the President ... March 11, 1862."
Covering "the official report of the naval engagement between the James River squadron, under the command of Flag Officer Franklin Buchanan, and the enemy's fleet, in Hampton Roads, on the 8th instant," that report signed: Catesby ap R. Jones.