Letter
Unknown, August 19, 1861
San Francisco
San Francisco, August 19, 1861.
Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. O.:
COLONEL: I have received your letter of the 23d ultimo in relation to the arms. They had been privately shipped a week before I got your letter. I sent a detachment of a captain and thirty men with them as far as Panama, and I confided them particularly to the naval officer at Aspinwall. I inclose a copy of my letter to him.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, Commanding.
[Inclosure.]
San Francisco, August 8, 1861.
Commanding U. S. Ship Falmouth, Aspinwall :
[Inclosure.]
San Francisco, August 8, 1861.
Commanding U. S. Ship Falmouth, Aspinwall :
Sir: Captain Wallen with his company leaves in the Sonora to-morrow in charge of 30,000 stand of arms, which have been ordered to be
sent from this department to New York immediately. As these arms
would be a double loss to the Government if they should be captured,
First Regiment of Dragoons, U. 8. Army,
sent from this department to New York immediately. As these arms
would be a double loss to the Government if they should be captured,
First Regiment of Dragoons, U. 8. Army,
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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