Letter
Richd. C. Drum to Fifth Regiment California Volunteer Infantry, January 2, 1862
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
San Francisco, Cal., January 2, 1862.
Col. G. W. BOWIE, Fifth Regiment California Volunteer Infantry, Commanding Camp Union, near Sacramento, Cal. :
SIR: The general commanding the department desires you to hold your regiment in readiness to move to the District of Southern California at an early day. I will communicate the time of departure by telegraph. The camp and garrison equipage pertaining to the headquarters and companies will be taken with the command.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
RICHD. C. DRUM,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: San Francisco, Cal..
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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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