Letter
E. E. Eyre to Emil Fritz, December 11, 1861
Camp Latham, near Los Angeles, Cal.
Camp Latham, near Los Angeles, Cal., December 11, 1861.
Capt. EMIL FRITZ, Commanding Camp Carleton, near San Bernardino :
SIR: Yours of the 10th instant received. You will without delay dispatch a messenger to Major Fergusson, at Camp Wright, informing him of the report of the intended attack upon his command, together with all information you may have in regard to it. You will get all the information you possibly can in regard to the rumor, and if you think it reliable send fifty picked men with a captain and two lieutenants to Camp Wright without delay. You will be very certain the information you receive is reliable before sending the detachment of men.
respectfully,
E. E. EYRE,
Lieutenant-Colonel First Cavalry California Volunteers.
Lieutenant-Colonel First Cavalry California Volunteers.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: Camp Latham, near Los Angeles, Cal..
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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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