Letter
Ben. Cutler to Moses A. McLaughlin, April 21, 1862
Camp Wright, Cal.
Camp Wright, Cal., April 21, 1862.
Capt. Moses A. MCLAUGHLIN, Second Cavalry California Volunteers:
CAPTAIN: The colonel commanding directs that immediately upon your return to Temecula from San Diego, without waiting for the train which you are escorting, you will proceed without delay to Fort Yuma, Cal., and report to the commanding officer of that post for further orders.
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
BEN. ©. CUTLER,
First Lieut., First Infty. California Vols., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.
NoTE.—You will take three of your detachment as an escort on your
departure from Temecula for Fort Yuma; the remainder you will leave
First Lieut., First Infty. California Vols., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.
NoTE.—You will take three of your detachment as an escort on your
departure from Temecula for Fort Yuma; the remainder you will leave
with your party at Camp Wright. It may be well for you to know
that upon your arrival at Fort Yuma you will probably be tried before
a general court-martial now in session at that post on charges which
have been preferred against you for cruelly beating and maltreating
that upon your arrival at Fort Yuma you will probably be tried before
a general court-martial now in session at that post on charges which
have been preferred against you for cruelly beating and maltreating
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: Camp Wright, Cal..
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1
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