Order

Wright to James L. Ord, May 28, 1861

SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON,

No. 6. f Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., May 28, 1861. 1. Company E, Ninth Infantry, is transferred from Fort Walla Walla to Fort Dalles, and Company G, Ninth Infantry, is transferred from

Fort Dalles to Fort Vancouver. These movements to be made without delay, the quartermaster’s department furnishing the necessary transportation. * * * * * * *

By order of Colonel Wright:

First Lieut., 3d Regiment of Artillery, and Actg. Asst, Adjt. Gen.
San Francisco, May 29, 1861.
JAMES L. ORD, Esq., and others,
Santa Barbara, Cal.:
GENTLEMEN: The general commanding the department has received
your communication of the 22d instant. He directs me to reply that
– the more pressing necessity for the presence of troops at other points
will render the establishment of a post at Santa Barbara at this time
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 ↗