Letter

Richd. Drum to First Lieut. J. B. SHINN, January 6, 1862

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIO,

First Lieut. J. B. SHINN, Commanding Light Company A, Third Artillery: (Through Commanding Officer, Benicia, Cal.)

SIR: The department commander directs that you will proceed with your battery to the Presidio as soon as you have completed your equipment at Benicia. Sixty horses have been selected from those in charge of Captain Ogden, assistant quartermaster, for your battery. You will therefore, the general directs, bring but twenty horses with the company.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

RICHD. ©. DRUM,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
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 ↗