Order
Colonel Steinberger to William Myles, August 9, 1862
ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS,
August 9, 1862.
No. 161. Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter., August 9, 1862.
I. Capt. George B. Currey, First Oregon Cavalry, with two sergeants, four corporals, and twenty-four privates, will leave this post on the morning of the 10th instant on detached service for the Umatiila Indian Reservation and Grande Ronde Prairie.
TIT. On arriving at the Umatilla Reservation Captain Currey will leave a reliable sergeant and ten men to relieve the force of the Fourth California Infantry under Lieutenant Hillyer.
V. Written instructions will be furnished Captain Currey from these headquarters. * * * * * * *
By order of Colonel Steinberger:
WILLIAM MYLES,
First Lieut., First Washington Territory Infty., Actg. Post Adjt.
First Lieut., First Washington Territory Infty., Actg. Post Adjt.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Summary: Colonel Steinberger orders Captain Currey to lead a detachment to the Umatilla Indian Reservation and Grande Ronde Prairie to relieve the Fourth California Infantry and receive further instructions.
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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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