Letter
Unknown to James H. Carleton, December 10, 1861
San Francisco, Oal.
San Francisco, Oal., December 10, 1861.
Col. J. H. CARLETON, First Infantry California Volunteers,
SIR: Immediately on your return to the southern district the general commanding the department desires you to send Showalter and party under a competent guard to Fort Y uma, there to be held securely guarded until further orders. The general positively forbids any person not connected with our Army from passing beyond Yuma or crossing the Colorado River without his special permission. All persons approaching the southern frontier of this State will be arrested, and if the commander of the forces is not fully satisfied of their loyalty to the General Government they will be held in confinement.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Assistant Adjutant-General,
CHAP. LXII.) CORRESPONDENCE—- UNION AND CONFEDERATE.
No. 231. San Francisco, Cal., December 10, 1861.
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CHAP. LXII.) CORRESPONDENCE—- UNION AND CONFEDERATE.
No. 231. San Francisco, Cal., December 10, 1861.
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2. Having complied with orders from these headquarters, Col. James
H. Carleton will return to Los Angeles, Cal., and resume command of
the district.
By order of Brigadier-General Wright:
H. Carleton will return to Los Angeles, Cal., and resume command of
the district.
By order of Brigadier-General Wright:
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: San Francisco, Oal..
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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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