Order

A. C. Wildrick to J. H. Whittlesey, November 1, 1861

SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON,

No. 50. f Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., November 1, 1861. * * * * * * *

II. The headquarters of the Ninth Infantry (non-commissioned staff and band), Companies G and K, and such other companies of the same regiment as may be in readiness, will embark on the steamer Cortez hence to San Francisco on the 7th instant.

By order of Lieutenant-Colonel Cady:

A. ©. WILDRICK, First Lieut., Third Artillery, Acting Assistant Adjutant- General.

Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., November 1, 1861. Capt. J. H. WHITTLESEY, Commanding Fort Dalles, Oreg. :

CAPTAIN: The colonel commanding the district directs you to hold yourself in readiness to repair to this post with your company on the arrival at The Dalles of Captain Magruder’s company from Walla Walla.

* * * * * * * Respectfully,

your obedient servant,

First Lieut., Third Artillery, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
Fort Hoskins, OREG., November 1, 1861.
Lieut. A. C. WILDRICK,
Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, District of Oregon:
SIR: I have the honor to inform you that I shall leave this post en
route for Fort Vancouver on or about the 6th instant. Imay be delayed
a day longer for the reason that the streams are high, and my party
from the Siletz block-house may be unable to reach this place by the
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Summary: Lieutenant Wildrick orders Captain Whittlesey to prepare to move his company to Fort Vancouver upon arrival of reinforcements from Walla Walla during November 1861.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1 View original source ↗