Letter
G. O. Haller to Don Carlos Buell, June 18, 1861
HEADQUARTERS,
New San Diego Barracks, Cal., June 18, 1861.
Maj. D. C. BUELL, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Hagqrs. Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.:
SIR: I have the honor to report my arrival at this post yesterday with I Company, Fourth Infantry, having a total of fifty-two enlisted men, aggregate fifty-three, being twenty-one days out from Fort Mojave, N. Mex., and having marched in eighteen days 387 miles. I have this day assumed command of this post, and relieved Brevet Major Armistead and his company (F, Sixth Infantry) from duty at this place.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
G. O. HALLER,
Captain, Fourth Infantry, and Brevet Major, Commanding Post.
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRs. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
No. 106. San Francisco, June 19, 1861.
Captain, Fourth Infantry, and Brevet Major, Commanding Post.
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRs. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
No. 106. San Francisco, June 19, 1861.
1. Maj. D. C. Buell, assistant adjutant-general, will make an inspeetion of Forts Humboldt and Bragg and their dependencies, and report
on the condition of Indian affairs in their vicinity.
By order of Brigadier-General Sumner:
RICHD. ©. DRUM,
on the condition of Indian affairs in their vicinity.
By order of Brigadier-General Sumner:
RICHD. ©. DRUM,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: New San Diego Barracks, 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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