Letter

George Wright to Fourth Infantry California Volunteers, May 17, 1862

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,

Maj. HENRY HANCOCK, Fourth Infantry California Volunteers, Commanding Camp Union, Sacramento, Cal.:

MAJOR: In the course of next week break up your camp and move your command by water to Benicia Barracks and report to Colonel Connor. All the lumber belonging to the Government, whether in temporary buildings, sheds, storehouses, tent floors, or other wise, will be disposed of at auction, and the proceeds accounted for by the acting quartermaster. All other public property of every description bring with you to Benicia.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

G. WRIGHT,
Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, Commanding g.
(Copy to Captain Kirkham.)
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 ↗