Letter
Don Carlos Buell to G. A. H. Blake, May 27, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
San Francisco, May 27, 1861.
Maj. G. A. H. BLAKE, First Dragoons, Commanding Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter.:
SIR: The colonel commanding the department desires you, if you deem it necessary, to keep a company of dragoons moving on the Overjand Mail Route, for a considerable distance in advance of your post, for the protection of life and property against Indian depredations.
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.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1
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