Letter
Samuel Cooper to T. H. Holmes, February 1, 1861
Washington, D. O. C.
Washington, D. O. C., February 1, 1861.
Maj. T. H. HoLMEs, Highth Infantry, “Commanding g Fort Columbus, ~ Governor’s Island, N. Y.:
Sm: About twenty women and children from Major Anderson’s command at Fort Sumter are on their way to New York, and application will probably be made to receive them at Fort Columbus. Should this be the case you will please make them as comfortable as circumstances will permit, and give rations to such as are properly laundresses of companies. If better quarters can be thus secured to them they can be sent to Fort Wood.
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
S. COOPER,
Adjutant-General.
No. 31.] Fort Sumter, S. C., February 2, 1861.
(Received A. G. O., February 6.)
Adjutant-General.
No. 31.] Fort Sumter, S. C., February 2, 1861.
(Received A. G. O., February 6.)
Col. S. CooPER, Adjutant-General:
Editor's Notes
From: Operations on the Pacific Coast, Pt. 1. Location: Washington, D. O. C.. Summary: S. Cooper instructs T. H. Holmes to accommodate and provide rations for women and children from Fort Sumter, potentially relocating them to Fort Wood if better quarters are available.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 50, Part 1
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