Letter
William W. Mackall to Deputy Quartermaster-General, February 17, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
f San Francisco, February 17, 1861.
Lieut. Col. THOMAS SWORDS,
Deputy Quartermaster-General, Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Oal. : SIR: Ten thousand stands of muskets and as many sets of accouterments have been ordered, with 150,000 cartridges, by the general from Benicia to Alcatraz Island. He wishes them transported without delay.
He does not wish them kept at the wharf in this city during the night. If the Government brig can bring them down at once it appears to him the better plan. Please report the course taken, that 1 may order a suitable guard for the arms in transitu. I am, sir,
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
W. W. MACKALL,
Assistant Adjutant-General,
Assistant Adjutant-General,
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: f San Francisco. Summary: W. W. MacKall requests immediate transportation of 10,000 muskets, accouterments, and 150,000 cartridges from Benicia to Alcatraz Island, avoiding overnight storage at the San Francisco wharf.
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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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