Letter
H.: Li. Scor to Joseph G. Totten, April 6, 1861
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
New York, April 6, 1861.
Lieut. CHARLES R. Woops, Ninth Infantry, Act. Supt. East. Dept., R. 8., Fort Columbus, N. Ys Sir: The General-in-Chief desires that aa hundred recruits from Fort Columbus be at once organized into two companies, and held in readiness for embarkation on Monday next, the 8th instant. ® 246 OPERATIONS IN CHARLESTON HARBOR, 8. C. (Cuar. L
A proper proportion of non- -commissioned offic ers will be included in the detachment, which must—be fully supplied with arms, ammunition, and subsistence.
First Lieut. Edward McK. Hudson, Fourth Artillery, First Lieut. R. O. Tyler, Third Artillery, and Second Lieut. C. W. Thomas, First Infantry, are assigned to duty with the recruits.
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
H.: Li. SCOR
Tieutenant-Colonel and A. D. C., Act. Adjt. Gen.
Fort Sumter, 8. C., April 6, 1861.
General Jos. G. TOTTEN, ;
Tieutenant-Colonel and A. D. C., Act. Adjt. Gen.
Fort Sumter, 8. C., April 6, 1861.
General Jos. G. TOTTEN, ;
Chief Engineer U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.:
Editor's Notes
From: Operations on the Pacific Coast, Pt. 1. Location: New York. Summary: Lieutenant-Colonel H. Li. Scor orders Lieutenant Charles R. Woops to organize 100 recruits into two fully equipped companies for immediate deployment to Fort Sumter amid escalating Civil War tensions.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 50, Part 1
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