Letter
L. H. Pelouze to Horatio G. Wright, March 21, 1862
HEADQUARTERS EXPEDITIONARY CORPS,
U. S. Steamer Cahawba, Fernandina, Fla., March 21, 1862.
Brig. Gen. HonATIO G. WRIGHT,
GENERAL: I am directed by the commanding general to communieate to you that you are authorized to concentrate any of the troops of the three posts, Saint Augustine, Fernandina, and Jacksonville, on any emergency that may arise that will not admit of time to communicate with these headquarters. Any such change will be at once reported.
I am further directed to instruet that all public, property which may fall into your hands from the enemy at the posts referred to be inven. toried and reported according to the regulations.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
[L. H. PELOUZE,]
Captain, Fifteenth Infantry, Actg. Asst. Adjt. General.
Captain, Fifteenth Infantry, Actg. Asst. Adjt. General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Kentucky, Tennessee, N. Alabama, S.W. Virginia, 1861–62. Location: U. S. Steamer Cahawba, Fernandina, Fla.. Summary: L. H. Pelouze authorizes Horatio G. Wright to consolidate troops from three Florida posts during emergencies without prior approval and mandates inventory reporting of captured enemy property.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 6
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