Order

JENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, October 1, 1861

JENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,

No. 22. San Francisco, October 1, 1861. Lieut. Col. Edwin B. Babbitt, deputy quartermaster-general, having reported at these headquarters, is announced as chief quartermaster on the department staff. Lieutenant-Colonel Babbitt will accordingly relieve Capt. Ralph W. Kirkham, of the same department, in the discharge of these duties. By order of Brigadier-General Sumner: RICHD. C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General.

Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1 View original source ↗