Dispatch
Unknown, February 22, 1865
TUBAC, ARIZ. TER.
TUBAC, ARIZ. TER., February 22, 1865.
SIR: I have the honor to inclose report of an attack made on the vedette station at Fort Buchanan, Ariz. Ter., on the 17th instant.
Very respectfully, Wc.,
Captain, First California Cavalry, Commanding Post.
February 18, at 9.45 a. m., received information from Doctor Lock, of
Santa Rita, that Indians had attacked the vedette station of six men, at
Fort Buchanan, on yesterday (one of the men from Fort Buchanan
February 18, at 9.45 a. m., received information from Doctor Lock, of
Santa Rita, that Indians had attacked the vedette station of six men, at
Fort Buchanan, on yesterday (one of the men from Fort Buchanan
having reached Santa Rita), and that Mr. Wrightson, superintendent
of the Santa Rita mines, Mr. Hopkins, and a Mexican boy had left Santa
Rita on the morning of the 17th for Fort Buchanan. I started with a
detachment of twenty-four men of my company for Fort Buchanan at
of the Santa Rita mines, Mr. Hopkins, and a Mexican boy had left Santa
Rita on the morning of the 17th for Fort Buchanan. I started with a
detachment of twenty-four men of my company for Fort Buchanan at
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: TUBAC, ARIZ. TER..
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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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