Letter

WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, January 9, 1862

WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE,

January 9, 1862. His Excellency the GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, San Francisco: General Wright was authorized by the Secretary of War, December 2, subject to your approval, to raise a regiment of infantry and seven

companies of cavalry. THOMAS M. VINCENT, Assistant Adjutant- General.

Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1 View original source ↗