Letter

and Assistant Quartermaster, Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen to R. C. Drum, April 12, 1862

Author
and Assistant Quartermaster, Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen
Recipient
R. C. Drum
Date
April 12, 1862
Type
Letter

WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE,
Washington, April 12, 1862.
Brigadier-General WRIGHT, San Francisco, Cal. : The Secretary of War authorizes the completion of the Washington Territory regiment, Colonel Steinberger.

San Francisco, Cal., April 12, 1862. Lieut. Col. JAMES N. OLNEY, Second Infantry California Volunteers, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: The general commanding the department directs that you proceed with your command to Alcatraz Island, where you will remain until transportation can be furnished to Fort Humboldt. This will probably be on Wednesday or Thursday next.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.
Fort HUMBOLDT, April 12, 1862—10 a. m.
(Via Shasta, 20th.)
Maj. R. C. DRUM,
Assistant Adjutant- General, U. S. Army:
Please send immediately one company to garrison Fort Humboldt;
regulars, if possible. But handful of men here. Olney’s command
needed elsewhere.

Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: Washington. Summary: The letter orders Lieutenant Colonel Olney's California Volunteers to Alcatraz Island pending transport to Fort Humboldt and requests immediate regular troops to garrison Fort Humboldt due to limited local forces.
Topics
1862Civil WarField ReportsMilitary CorrespondenceMilitary Operations
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1 View original source ↗