Letter

Richd. C. Drum to Washington SEAWELL, August 28, 1861

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,

` San Francisco, August 28, 1861, Col. Washington SEAWELL, Sixth Regiment of Infantry, Comdy. Benicia Barracks, Cal. : SIR: The general commanding the department desires you to move the company of infantry commanded by Lieutenant Upham, Sixth Infantry, from the ordnance building it now occupies, and place them in camp sufficiently near the arsenal building to give the necessary protection.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

RICHD. C. DRUM,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
FORT CASCADES, WASH. TER., August 28, 1861,
Lieut. A. C. WILDRICK,
Third Artillery, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1 View original source ↗