Letter
Don Carlos Buell to Headquarters Department of the Pacific, July 6, 1861
LONG VALLEY
LONG VALLEY, July 6, 1861.
ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters Department of the Pacific:
Sir: I have just returned from Round Valley, where I went yesterday to inspect a detachment from Fort Bragg. I found one sergeant and twelve privates encamped at a point fourteen miles this side of the valley (they have been there about six weeks), and one corporal and one private at the valley. Several of the detachment have been on this duty two years and a half, and none less than eighteen months. Their services are of no value whatever where they are, and I recommend that they be immediately returned to their company.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
D. C. BUELL,
Assistant Adjutant-General and Acting Inspector-General.
Assistant Adjutant-General and Acting Inspector-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: LONG VALLEY. Summary: D.C. Buell reports to Pacific Department headquarters that a detachment at Round Valley is ineffective after prolonged duty and recommends their immediate return to their company.
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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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