Letter

Colonel Lippitt to John H. Ketcham, April 21, 1862

HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT,

Captain KETCHAM, Third Infantry California Volunteers: A band of hostile Indians is reported to me in a communication,* of which a copy is herewith furnished you, to be now encamped on the Van Dusen, opposite MeEntee’s Crossing. You will proceed immediately to

By order of Colonel Lippitt:

Very respectfully, yours,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: Fort Humboldt.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1 View original source ↗