Letter
H. M. Black to A. C. Wildrick, August 23, 1861
Fort CASCADES, WASH. TER.
Fort CASCADES, WASH. TER., August 23, 1861.
Lieut. A. C. WILDRICK, Third Artillery, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, Headquarters District of Oregon, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter.: LIEUTENANT: I have the honor to report that Captain Van Voast, Ninth Infantry, with his company (K), forty enlisted men, joined me at this post about 2.30 o’clock to-day. He reports to me that more than “one non-commissioned officer and ten men” were kept back at Fort Dalles, Oreg., by Bvt. Lieut. Col. R. C. Buchanan, major Fourth Infantry, commanding that post. For the information of the colonel commanding linclose herewith a copy of the order keeping these men at Fort Dalles, Oreg.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
H. M. BLACK,
Captain, Ninth Infantry, Comdg. U. S. Troops at Cascades.
[Inclosure.]
SPECIAL ORDERS, Fort DALLES, OREG.,
Captain, Ninth Infantry, Comdg. U. S. Troops at Cascades.
[Inclosure.]
SPECIAL ORDERS, Fort DALLES, OREG.,
No. 11. } August 22, 1861.
I. In obedience to Special Orders, No. 28, from headquarters District of Oregon, August 20, 1861, Capt. James Van Voast, Ninth
Infantry, will immediately proceed with his company to the Cascades
and report to Capt. H. M. Black, Ninth Infar iry.
I. In obedience to Special Orders, No. 28, from headquarters District of Oregon, August 20, 1861, Capt. James Van Voast, Ninth
Infantry, will immediately proceed with his company to the Cascades
and report to Capt. H. M. Black, Ninth Infar iry.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: Fort CASCADES, WASH. TER..
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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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