Letter
Second Cavalry and Brevet Brigadier- General, February 15, 1861
San Francisco
San Francisco, February 15, 1861.
Assistant Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters, New York: SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of instructions of January 19, and in answer thereto transmit my order of this date, showing that the post at the entrance will be occupied to-day. The companies from the north will be ordered by the first steamer. I am, sir,
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Colonel Second Cavalry and Brevet Brigadier- General.
[Inclosure.]
No. 18. } San Francisco, February 15, 1861.
1. In obedience to instructions from the General-in-Chief, Company
[Inclosure.]
No. 18. } San Francisco, February 15, 1861.
1. In obedience to instructions from the General-in-Chief, Company
I, Third Artillery, will take post at the fort at the entrance of this harbor. The commanding officer of the Third Artillery will see this order
executed to-day.
2. Companies A and B, Third Regiment of Artillery, will be embarked
on the steamer Oregon, at Fort Vancouver or Portland, and proceed to
executed to-day.
2. Companies A and B, Third Regiment of Artillery, will be embarked
on the steamer Oregon, at Fort Vancouver or Portland, and proceed to
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: San Francisco.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1
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