Letter
James H. Carleton to George L. Andrews, November 5, 1861
Los Angeles, Cal.
Los Angeles, Cal., November 5, 1861.
Lieut. Col. GEORGE ANDREWS, Sixth U. S. Infantry, en route from Fort Yuma to San Diego: COLONEL: General Wright, commanding the Department of the Pacific, has made arrangements for the troops under your command from Fort Yuma to embark at San Diego for New York on the steamer which will leave San Francisco for Panama on the 21st instant, and he directs that there be nothing to interfere with your command being entirely ready at San Diego when the steamer puts in to that port to receive it. I am, colonel,
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
JAMES H. CARLETON,
Colonel First Infantry California Volunteers, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN California,
Los Angeles, Cal., November 5, 1861,
Colonel First Infantry California Volunteers, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN California,
Los Angeles, Cal., November 5, 1861,
Lieut. Col. JOSEPH R. WEST,
First Infantry California Vols., Comdg. Fort Yuma, Oal. :
First Infantry California Vols., Comdg. Fort Yuma, Oal. :
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: Los Angeles, Cal..
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1
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