Letter
Thos. F. Wright to A. Cady, December 23, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
San Francisco, December 23, 1861.
Lieut. Col. A. CADY, Seventh Regiment Infantry, Comdg. Dist. of Oregon, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter.:
COLONEL: The general commanding the department directs me to inform you that during the interruption of the overland mail by high
water all communications to these headquarters are to be sent by express companies. Colonel Cady will please notify the post commanders in Oregon and Washington Territory accordingly.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
THOS. F. WRIGHT,
Lieut., Second Cavalry California Volunteers,
Aide-de-Camp and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
HDQRs. FIRST California VOLUNTEER INFANTRY,
Lieut., Second Cavalry California Volunteers,
Aide-de-Camp and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General.
HDQRs. FIRST California VOLUNTEER INFANTRY,
Camp Latham, near Los Angeles, Cal., December 23, 1861.
All persons who have been arrested or who may be arrested in this
State as secessionists or traitors to the country will be kept in confinement at Fort Yuma until final action is had on each case. The garrison
of that fort will be at once increased to nine companies—one of artillery, –
All persons who have been arrested or who may be arrested in this
State as secessionists or traitors to the country will be kept in confinement at Fort Yuma until final action is had on each case. The garrison
of that fort will be at once increased to nine companies—one of artillery, –
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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