Letter
Don Carlos Buell to Pablo de la Guerra, May 29, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
San Francisco, May 29, 1861.
Hon. PABLO DE LA GUERRA, JAMES L. ORD, Esq., and others, Santa Barbara, Cal.:
GENTLEMEN: The general commanding the department has received your communication of the 22d instant. He directs me to reply that – the more pressing necessity for the presence of troops at other points will render the establishment of a post at Santa Barbara at this time impracticable.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
D. C. BUELL,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: San Francisco. Summary: D. C. Buell informs Pablo de la Guerra that military priorities prevent establishing a troop post in Santa Barbara in 1861.
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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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