Order
Joseph E. Johnston to Www. W. MacKall, February 15, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
February 15, 1861.
No. 18. } San Francisco, February 15, 1861.
1. In obedience to instructions from the General-in-Chief, Company I, Third Artillery, will take post at the fort at the entrance of this harbor. The commanding officer of the Third Artillery will see this order executed to-day.
2. Companies A and B, Third Regiment of Artillery, will be embarked on the steamer Oregon, at Fort Vancouver or Portland, and proceed to the harbor of San Francisco.
3. The depot quartermaster, Major Babbitt, will notify the commanding officer of Fort Vancouver the arrangements made by him for transportation, and the troops must be got in readiness to embark on the return trip of the steamer to this port.
By command of Brigadier-General Johnston:
WwW. W. MACKALL,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Summary: Brigadier-General Johnston orders the Third Artillery companies to relocate to San Francisco harbor, coordinating troop movements and transportation to fortify the area in February 1861.
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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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