HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF HUMBOLDT, February 21, 1864

Fort Humboldt, Cal., February 21, 1864.

Respectfully forwarded for the information of the department commander, believing that the major and his command are entitled to great credit for the promptness and zeal displayed, and had not the elements been against us I think we would have been able to have given a better account of their maiden efforts. Yet we are here, and it is known, and ready for anything that may offer.

Hew. BLACK. Colonel Sixth Infantry California Volunteers, Comdg. District.