Letter

Richd. Drum to Julian McAllister, June 6, 1862

HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,

Capt. JULIAN MCALLISTER, Ordnance Corps, Commanding Benicia Arsenal, Benicia, Cal.:

SIR: In reply to your letter of yesterday I am directed by the general commanding the department to inform you that when the three companies of Connor’s regiment now in the Humboldt District join their regiment there will probably be about 800 infantry on the line and at Salt Lake.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,

RICHD. ©. DRUM,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
CAMP LATHAM, SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF California,
June 6, 1862.
Maj. R.C. Drum, U. S. Army,
Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco, Cal. :
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 ↗