Letter
Richd. Drum to First Lieut. J. B. SHINN, January 6, 1862
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIO,
San Francisco, Cal., January 6, 1862.
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.
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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