Letter

Don Carlos Buell to First Lieut. J. McAllister, June 3, 1861

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,

First Lieut. J. MCALLISTER, Ordnance Department, Commanding Benicia Arsenal, Cal.:

Str: The guns for San Diego referred to in your letter of the 18th instant [ultimo] are to be mounted on siege carriages, not as for a permanent battery.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

D. C. BUELL,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: San Francisco..
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1 View original source ↗