Order

Brigadier-General Wright to R. W. Kirkham, April 10, 1862

SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,

No. 58. San Francisco, Cal., April 10, 1862. 1. Maj. George W. Patten, Ninth Infantry, is assigned to the commad of Fort Steilacoom, Wash. Ter., to which post he will proceed without delay. In addition to commanding the post of Fort Steilacoom, Major Patten is charged with a general supervision of all the military posts on the sound, whether occupied or not.

By order of Brigadier-General Wright:

R. W. KIRKHAM,
Captain and Assistant Quartermaster, Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.
U. S. MARSHAL'S OFFICE, SOUTHERN DIST. OF California,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1 View original source ↗