Letter
Edward Richard Sprigg Canby to Adjutant General of the United States Army, August 10, 1862
August 10, 1862.
August 10, 1862. To the ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Washington, D. C.:
General Carleton’s force in the Mesilla will be less by 700 men than is stated in my report of the 6th. He reports that he can be followed by another regiment of infantry or more. I recommend that one regiment of infantry and five companies of cavalry be ordered from California. The regular troops can be ready to leave as soon as the answer to my report of the 6th is received, or earlier if I find it safe to move them. l
ED. R. 8. CANBY, Brigadier- General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Summary: Brigadier General Canby requests reinforcements of one infantry regiment and five cavalry companies from California to support General Carleton's reduced force in Mesilla during the 1862 New Mexico campaign.
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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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