Letter

George Wright to Ulysses S. Grant, April 28, 1862

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,

Flag Officer BELL, U. S. Navy, Commanding Pacific Squadron, Mare Island, Cal. :

SIR: Inclosed herewith is a copy of a communication addressed to me by the U.S. consul at Guaymas, under date of the Sth instant, which I deem it proper to submit to you for such action as you may consider proper. I also inclose correspondence of the rebel General Sibley with the Governor of Sonora,{ and a letter addressed to me by F. H. Waterman, esq. These two documents I will thank you to return to me as I have not had time to have copies taken.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

G. WRIGHT,
Brigadier-General, U. S, Army, Commanding.
* See Baker to Wright, April 8, and Robertson to Wright, April 18, pp. 992, 1012.
+ See Sibley to Pesqueira, December 16, 1861, p. 766.
t See inclosures, Alden to Wright, April 26, p. 1030.
§ See also Alden to Wright, April 26, 1862, and Moody to Alden, April 7, pp, 1030,
990. See p. 992.
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRs. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: San Francisco, Cal..
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1 View original source ↗