Letter
E. D. R. S. Canby to His Excellency GOVERNOR OF Colorado TERRITORY, August 14, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO,
August 14, 1861.
– Santa Fé, N. Mex., August 14, 1861.
His Excellency GOVERNOR OF Colorado TERRITORY, Denver City, Colo. :
SIR: I have the honor to transmit a copy of a telegraphic dispatch
received since my communication of last night was written.* It gives additional probability to the information I then communicated to you,
and I have the honor to recommend that one or two companies of volunteers may be organized at the nearest points in Colorado Territory, for the purpose of supporting Fort Wise, if it should be found necessary. Fort Larned should be substituted in the dispatch for Fort
Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,
E. D. R. S. CANBY,
Colonel Nineteenth Infantry, Comdg. Department.
Colonel Nineteenth Infantry, Comdg. Department.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 1861. Summary: Colonel Canby recommends organizing volunteer companies in Colorado Territory to support Fort Wise amid escalating military concerns in August 1861.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 4
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