Letter
Lorenzo Thomas to G. Wright, U. S. Army, January 20, 1862
HDQRS. OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE,
Washington, January 20, 1862.
Brig. Gen. G. WRIGHT, U. S. Army, Commanding Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal. : SIR: Your letters of the 9th and 10th of December have been received. The General-in-Chief fully approves the course you have pursued in your administration of the affairs of the Departmentof the Pacific. A telegram was sent you December 16 approving your proposition to recapture the forts in Arizona and New Mexico, which was acknowledged by you the next day. I am, sir,
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
L. THOMAS,
Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN California,
Adjutant-General.
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF SOUTHERN California,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: Washington.
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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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