Letter
Colonel Lippitt to Thomas E. Ketcham, June 21, 1862
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT,
Fort Humboldt, June 21, 1862.
Capt. THOMAS E. KETCHAM, Third Infantry California Volunteers, Comdy. Fort Baker : CAPTAIN: Your company will be relieved by the first company of the Second Infantry California Volunteers that will arrive from the north, one being now expected every hour. You will therefore keep your command together and in readiness to march to this post 1n order to embark for San Francisco to proceed to Benicia, agreeably to instruetions from department headquarters. You will call in the detachments at MeEntee’s Crossing and at Reed’s ranch whenever you shall deem it expedient, by the 1st of July at all events.
By order of Colonel Lippitt:
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: Fort Humboldt.
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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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