Letter
Richd. C. Drum to James H. Carleton, December 28, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACTFIC,
San Francisco, Cal., December 28, 1861.
Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, First Infantry California Volunteers,
SIR: The general commanding the department directs me to say, in reply to your letter of the 21st instant, that the suggestions contained therein are generally approved. The light artillery company will be sent to San Pedro, whence they march to Yuma. The 200,000 subsistence rations will be sent, as already ordered, via the Gulf of California. The supplies for San Pedro will be sent forward as soon as possible.
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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