Letter
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, November 13, 1861
Washington, November 13, 1861.
Brig. Gen. GEORGE WRIGHT, Commanding Department of the Pacific :
Will you please order the necessary force (probably one or two regiments), if possible under Colonel Carleton, to protect the Overland Mail Route; the number of troops to be employed is left to your discretion. Please confer with Louis McLane about the location of the troops.
GEO. B. McCLELLAN, Major-General, Commanding U. K. Armies.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: Washington.
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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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