Letter
Simon Cameron to Milton S. Latham, March 21, 1861
WAR DEPARTMENT,
March 21, 1861.
March 21, 1861. Hon. MILTON S. LATHAM, Senate:
Sir: In accordance with your request of the 19th instant, instructions have been issued this morning to the commanders of the military posts along the Overland Mail Route from Saint Louis to San Francisco, via Fort Smith and El Paso, to furnish suitable escorts to the mail coaches from post to post through the Indian country.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant, i
SIMON CAMERON,
Secretary of War.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Secretary of War.
ADJUTANT-GENERAL'S OFFICE,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Summary: Simon Cameron informs Milton S. Latham that military escorts have been ordered to protect mail coaches along the Overland Mail Route through Indian territory.
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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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