Letter
Unknown to J. S. Ellis, February 20, 1861
San Francisco
San Francisco, February 20, 1861.
Capt. J. S. ELLIS, Commanding California Guard, San Francisco, Oal. :
DEAR SIR: The fort at Fort Point having lately been turned over to the troops of the engineers, and many preparations being required on the part of the troops to put itin proper order, the general is compelled to suspend the permission given by the Secretary of War to you to exercise your company therein until a more convenient season.
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
San Francisco, February 20, 1861.
H. M. McGiLL, Esq.,
Secretary of Washington Territory, Olympia, Wash. Ter.:
San Francisco, February 20, 1861.
H. M. McGiLL, Esq.,
Secretary of Washington Territory, Olympia, Wash. Ter.:
SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of the 3d instant, transmitting the memorial of the legislative assembly of Washington Territory, requesting that a company of U.S.
troops may be stationed at Bellingham Bay. I have a report from
Colonel Casey of January 24 [25], in which he gives me the opinion of the
three agents at Nisqually, Bellingham Bay, and Puyallup that an outbreak of the Indians in those districts is not apprehended, but as the
troops may be stationed at Bellingham Bay. I have a report from
Colonel Casey of January 24 [25], in which he gives me the opinion of the
three agents at Nisqually, Bellingham Bay, and Puyallup that an outbreak of the Indians in those districts is not apprehended, but as the
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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