Letter

Ben. C. Cutler to First Infantry California Volunteers, June 8, 1862

Tucson, Ariz. Ter.

Lieut. Col. J. R. WEST, First Infantry California Volunteers, Commanding U. S. Forces, Tucson, Ariz. Ter.:

COLONEL: Inclosed herewith please find an order* from the colonel commanding the Column from California declaring this Territory under martial law. The colonel commanding directs that this order be at once copied into all of the company books, and that it be read in front of each company at this post at tattoo roll this night; that it be published to the entire command at dress parade to-morrow night, and that copies of it be furnished to three or four of the principal citizens of this town.

very respectfully, your obedient servant,

BEN. C. CUTLER,
First Lieut., First Infty. California Vols., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.
* See proclamation June 8, p. 96.
DERS HDQRS. COLUMN FROM California,
oda i Tucson, Ariz. Ter., June 9, 1862.
The commander at Fort Barrett, Ariz. Ter., will order Company D,
and First Sergt. Philip A. J. Russell, of Company B, First Infantry
California Volunteers, to proceed to Tuscon, Ariz. Ter. The company
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: Tucson, Ariz. Ter..
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1 View original source ↗