Letter
George Wright to Lorenzo Thomas, March 22, 1862
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
San Francisco, March 22, 1862.
Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.:
GENERAL: Inclosed herewith is a communication which I have received from Col. Thomas R. Cornelius, First Cavalry Oregon Volunteers.* So soon as Colonel Cornelius shall have perfected the organization of the six companies he will be ordered to the eastern frontier of Oregon and Washington to maintain peace between the Indians and a very large number of our own people now there or en route for the gold mines.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, i
G. WRIGHT,
Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, Commanding.
* See March 16, p. 935.
Camp DRUM, March 22, 1862,
Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, Commanding.
* See March 16, p. 935.
Camp DRUM, March 22, 1862,
Brig. Gen. GEORGE WRIGHT,
San Francisco, Cal. :
My DEAR GENERAL: You will have seen by copies of my correspondence sent on the Wright that 100 Confederate cavalry, commanded
by a Captain Hunter, C. S. Army, entered Tucson, Ariz. Ter., on the
San Francisco, Cal. :
My DEAR GENERAL: You will have seen by copies of my correspondence sent on the Wright that 100 Confederate cavalry, commanded
by a Captain Hunter, C. S. Army, entered Tucson, Ariz. Ter., on the
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: San Francisco.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1
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