Letter

James H. Carleton to Theodore A. Coult, March 7, 1862

Los Angeles, Cal.

Maj. THEODORE A. COULT, Fifth Infty. California Vols., encamped near Los Angeles, Cal. : MAJOR: You will proceed by easy marches, so as gradually to inure your men to fatigue, to Camp Wright, San Diego County, Cal., and report with your battalion of four companies of infantry to the commanding officer of that camp.

your obedient servant,

JAMES H. CARLETON,
Colonel First Infantry California Volunteers, Commanding.
58 R R—VOL L, PTI
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN California,
No. 22. } Los Angeles, Cal., March 7, 1862.
I. Lieutenant-Colonel Dobbins, Fifth Infantry California Volunteers,
will proceed on the next trip of the Senator to New San Diego, Cal.,
and assume command of that post.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: Los Angeles, Cal..
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1 View original source ↗