Letter
Richd. C. Drum to Messrs. Forbes Babcock, July 10, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
San Francisco, July 10, 1861.
Messrs. FORBES & BABCOCK, Agents Pacific Mail Steamship Company, San Francisco, Cal.: GENTLEMEN: I am directed by the general commanding the department to inform you, in reply to your letter of this date, requesting the loan of four 32-pounder guns, that instructions will be given the ordnance officer at Benicia Arsenal to furnish on application the guns and a sufficient amount of ammunition for the protection of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company’s vessels.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
RICHD. C. DRUM,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
CAMP ON MAD RIVER, CAL., July 10, 1861.
Sergeant HARTMAN,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
CAMP ON MAD RIVER, CAL., July 10, 1861.
Sergeant HARTMAN,
~ Fourth Infantry, Commanding Detachment:
Attack no more Indians except for depredations actually committed,
and then endeavor to attack only the parties which committed the depredations. Be careful to kill no women or children. Take no women
or children prisoners, but let them go. When you release Indians try
Attack no more Indians except for depredations actually committed,
and then endeavor to attack only the parties which committed the depredations. Be careful to kill no women or children. Take no women
or children prisoners, but let them go. When you release Indians try
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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