united states. congress. senate. select committee on chartering transport vessels for the banks expedition

In the Senate of the United States. January 15, 1863. -- Ordered to be printed with the documents. Mr. Morrill, from the special committee appointed to inquire into the facts relative to the chartering of transport vessels for the Banks expedition, and the character of the men employed to navigate them, submitted the following report in part

Andrew J. Richardson, ship owner, Niagara. Brigadier General George L. Andrews, U.S. Army. Charles H. Haswell, engineer and marine inspector. Commodore G.J. Van Brunt, U.S. Navy. Cornelius Vanderbilt, shipping executive. Index follows p. 127. Lieutenant Colonel John W. Locke, U.S. Army. Notable witnesses include: Thomas D. Taylor, marine inspector and editor, American Lloyd's Register of Shipping. Thomas J. Southard, shipbuilder. Title taken from opening lines of text. SERIALSETDELIVERY1