Letter
Japt. D. McDouGAL to W. Seawell, May 9, 1861
San Francisco
San Francisco, May 9, 1861.
Col. W. SEAWELL, Sixth Infty., U. 8. Army, Comdg. Benicia Barracks, Benicia, Cal.: COLONEL: The commanding general directs you to double the guard at the magazine, and directs me to say that the whole public property at Benicia—barracks, arsenal, and depot—is under your protection, and he calls on you for untiring vigilance, and reminds you that this property must be preserved at all hazards. I am, sir,
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
San Francisco, May 9, 1861.
Japt. D. McDouGAL,
Commanding Navy-Yard, Mare Island, Cal.:
San Francisco, May 9, 1861.
Japt. D. McDouGAL,
Commanding Navy-Yard, Mare Island, Cal.:
CAPTAIN: Brigadier-General Sumner directs me to say that he learns
that you have reason to doubt the security of the navy-yard under your
command at Mare Island, and that you have not the means of increasing your force so as to put it beyond danger, or to move the temptation
presented by its apparent defenseless condition. He therefore informs
that you have reason to doubt the security of the navy-yard under your
command at Mare Island, and that you have not the means of increasing your force so as to put it beyond danger, or to move the temptation
presented by its apparent defenseless condition. He therefore informs
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: San Francisco.
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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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