Inclosure
Unknown to Carr, June 21, 1861
[Inclosure No. 2.]
CAMP NEAR LOS ANGELES, June 21, 1861.
Lieutenant CARR:
Sergeant Dalton and ten dragoons, with rations and forage for two days, forty rounds for Sharps carbines, and thirty-four revolvers, have left to report to you at Fort Tejon. As soon as all the public stores are removed report with them here.
J. H. CARLETON, Brevet Major, U. S. Army.
I think the Indians have been put up to this. No troops will ever return to Fort Tejon except on campaign to whale them. You can bet on it.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: CAMP NEAR LOS ANGELES. Summary: Brevet Major Carleton orders Sergeant Dalton and dragoons to report to Fort Tejon with supplies, warning that troops will only return there for military campaigns against Native Americans.
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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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