Order

F. J. Lippitt to District, January 9, 1862

DEPARTMENT ORDERS, ) HDQRS. HUMBOLDT MIL. DISTRICT,

No. 1. Fort Humboldt, January 9, 1862.

1. In obedience to Department Special Orders, No. 233, Col. F. J. Lippitt, Second Infantry California Volunteers, assumes command of the Military District of Humboldt, consisting of the counties of Del Norte, Klamath, Humboldt, Trinity, Mendocino, Sonoma, and Napa.

2, First Lieut. John Hanna, jr., Second Infantry California Volunteers, is hereby appointed acting assistant adjutant-general of Humboldt Military District, and will be obeyed and respected accordingly.

By order of Col. F. J. Lippitt, commanding Humboldt Military

District:
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1 View original source ↗