Letter from the Secretary of War to the Hon. George F. Hoar, of the Committee on Claims

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George W. McCrary, Secretary of War, forwarded a letter from Q.A. Gillmore, of the Engineers. Michael Fentenheime, a French citizen, claimed that U.S. troops had destroyed his buildings. Gillmore said that the claim was false. Confederate troops occupied the land and destroyed the buildings. Fentenheime could have reclaimed the land after U.S. troops departed after the fall of Fort Sumter.