Letter
M. T. Carr to James H. Carleton, June 21, 1861
Fort TEJON
Fort TEJON, June 21, 1861.
Major CARLETON, Commanding : I want a sergeant and ten men here. The Indians are going to break out. The whites are giving them whisky and they charge around and make their threats publicly. We are unarmed and undefended.
M. T. CARR,
U.S. Army.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: Fort TEJON. Summary: M. T. Carr urgently requests a sergeant and ten men at Fort Tejon to defend against potentially hostile Native Americans emboldened by whites supplying them with whisky.
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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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