Letter
Richd. C. Drum to W. L. Parvin, Esq, June 25, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
San Francisco, June 25, 1861.
W. L. PARVIN, Esq., La Porte, Sierra County, Oal.:
SIR: Your communication of the 4th instant having been laid before the general commanding the department, he desires me to say that he fully appreciates the loyal spirit displayed in your actions and the patriotic feeling which prompts the tender of your services and those of your fellow-citizens to the General Government. Thereis at present no occasion for calling upon the State authorities for a volunteer force. Should the exigencies exist, however, he will not hesitate to call into requisition the citizen soldiery of this State.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
RICHD. C. DRUM,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, June 27, 1861.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Washington, June 27, 1861.
COMMANDING OFFICER U. S. ARMY IN UTAH TERRITORY:
Any subsistence stores in your department which have not already
been disposed of you will keep for the use of troops that will be moved
into Utah from California.
Any subsistence stores in your department which have not already
been disposed of you will keep for the use of troops that will be moved
into Utah from California.
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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