Letter
Richd. C. Drum to Benjamin F. Sands, October 18, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
San Francisco, October 18, 1861.
Commander B. F. SANDS, U.S. Navy, Commanding U. S. Coast Survey Steamer Active, Harbor of San Francisco, Cal..
SIR: The general commanding the department acknowledges with great pleasure the valuable services rendered by the U.S. Coast Survey Steamer Active, under your command in the transportation of troops and supplies from this city to San Pedro, Cal.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
RICHD. C. DRUM,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HbDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
No. 197. San Francisco, October 18, 1861.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HbDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
No. 197. San Francisco, October 18, 1861.
Major Lovell's command will be relieved at the new post on Hel River
by Company A of the Third California Volunteers; the latter will arrive in this city in time to embark for Humboldt on the steamer of the
22d instant. The deputy quartermaster-general and acting commissary
of subsistence will secure the necessary transportation and supplies.
by Company A of the Third California Volunteers; the latter will arrive in this city in time to embark for Humboldt on the steamer of the
22d instant. The deputy quartermaster-general and acting commissary
of subsistence will secure the necessary transportation and supplies.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: San Francisco.
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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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