Letter
George Wright to Lorenzo Thomas, October 21, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
San Francisco, Cal., October 21, 1861.
Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. O.:
GENERAL: Ihave the honor to acknowledge the receipt of a copy of your communication dated on the 24th ultimo, and addressed to Col. Thomas R. Cornelius, Hon. B. F. Harding, and R. F. Maury, esq. The District of Oregon, and indeed the whole Department of the Pacific, have been stripped of all the clothing we had to supply the volunteers now in service, and there are no arms suitable for cavalry service remaining in store. We are now making clothing of all kinds by contract in this city; it will be of an excellent quality, and cost but little more than the clothing received from the East.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
G. WRIGHT,
Colonel Ninth Infantry, Commanding.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 21, 1861.
His Excellency JOHN G. DOWNEY,
Colonel Ninth Infantry, Commanding.
SAN FRANCISCO, October 21, 1861.
His Excellency JOHN G. DOWNEY,
Governor State of California, Sacramento, Cal. :
There is no authority to receive volunteers for the artillery.
There is no authority to receive volunteers for the artillery.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: San Francisco, 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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