Letter

Richd. C. Drum to First Lieut. A. C. Wildrick, December 28, 1861

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,

Lieutenant-Colonel CADY, Seventh Infantry, Commanding District of Oregon: SIR: The inciosed communication was received yesterday and submitted to the general commanding the department for his action The general desires you to instruct the commander of the escort to cross the mountains as early in the spring as possible and proceed to Fort Vancouver, bringing with it all the means of transportation and the supplies in their possession. It was not designed to relieve the escort with volunteers.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

RICHD. C. DRUM,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
[Inclosure.]
Hpers. Escort TO MILITARY WAGON ROAD EXPEDITION,
Cantonment Wright, Big Blackfoot, November 6, 1861.
First Lieut. A. C. WILDRICK,
Third Artillery, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General,
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter.:
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: San Francisco, Cal..
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1 View original source ↗