Letter
Thomas A. Scott to Francis J. Lippitt, December 6, 1861
WAR DEPARTMENT,
December 6, 1861.
December 6, 1861. FRANCIS J. LIPPITT, San Francisco, Cal. :
Str: Your communication of August 16, requesting the acceptance of your regiment of infantry, has been received. This Department does not consider it expedient to accept your-regiment for service in the East whilst so many nearer to the field of action are anxious to be enrolled for active duty.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully,
THOMAS A. SCOTT,
Acting Secretary of War.
Acting Secretary of War.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861.
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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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