Order
Major Steen to Andrew J. Smith, April 25, 1861
ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS,
April 25, 1861.
No. 21. } Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter., April 25, 1861. Capt. A. J. Smith, with his company (C), First Dragoons, will leave this post on Monday, the 29th instant, and proceed to establish himself on the Nez Percé Reservation at the most suitable point for carrying out the arrangement recently made by the Indians and Superintendent Geary, and also for enforcing the intercourse law. The company will be supplied with thirty days’ rations and an ample supply of ammunition. The assistant quartermaster will furnish the necessary transportation.
By order of Major Steen:
JAMES WHEELER, J. R.,
Second Lieutenant, First Dragoons, Post Adjutant.
SPECIAL ORDERs,} HDQRs. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
No. 64. f San Francisco, April 26, 1861.
Second Lieutenant, First Dragoons, Post Adjutant.
SPECIAL ORDERs,} HDQRs. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
No. 64. f San Francisco, April 26, 1861.
The detachment of Sappers and Miners, under Lieutenant Casey, will
proceed to Alcatraz Island to-day and be reported to the commanding officer for duty. Major Allen, assistant quartermaster, will furnish
transportation.
By command of Brigadier-General Sumner:
proceed to Alcatraz Island to-day and be reported to the commanding officer for duty. Major Allen, assistant quartermaster, will furnish
transportation.
By command of Brigadier-General Sumner:
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Summary: Major Steen orders Captain A. J. Smith to deploy his company to the Nez Percé Reservation to enforce a recent agreement and the intercourse law, supplying them with rations, ammunition, and transportation.
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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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