Letter

Gurden Chapin to 12 OPERATIONS IN TEX., N. MEX., AND ARIZ, [Cuar.XL, September 27, 1861

Author

Gurden Chapin

Recipient

12 OPERATIONS IN TEX., N. MEX., AND ARIZ, [Cuar.XL

Date

September 27, 1861

Type

Letter

September 27, 1861.

Santa Fé, N. Mex., September 27, 1861.

Maj. N. B. ROSSELL, U.S. A., Commanding Albuquerque, N. Mex. :

SIR: The colonel commanding has been informed by the governor of the Territory that some persons at and in the neighborhood of Albuquerque have refused to submit to the laws of the United States directing the enrollment of the militia, and he directs that, upon the application of any of the Territorial officers charged with the duty of enrolling -the militia, a guard (to be taken preferably from the mounted volunteers) be sent for the purpose of arresting these individuals, and that they be placed in confinement until they can be brought to trial.

Very respectfully, sir, your obedient servant,

Captain, Seventh Infantry, Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen.

* Not found.

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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF New MEXICO,

Santa Fé, N. Mex., October 11, 1861.

Editor's Notes

From: Operations in South Carolina, Georgia, Florida, 1861. Summary: Gurden Chapin orders Major Rossell to deploy mounted volunteers to arrest and detain individuals in Albuquerque resisting militia enrollment under U.S. law during 1861.

Topics

1861 Civil War Field Reports Military Correspondence Military Operations

Sources

The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 4 View original source ↗