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Edwin V. Sumner to New York, April 27, 1861
NEw YORK CITY NEw YORK CITY, April 27, 1861. New York: STR: A meeting of citizens of California and others, former residents of that State, was held in this city…
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Letters from Edwin V. Sumner
Edwin Vose Sumner was a career United States Army officer who became a Union Army general and the oldest field commander of any Army Corps on either side during the American Civil War. His nicknames "Bull" or "Bull Head" came both from his great booming voice and a legend that a musket ball once bounced off his head.
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Edwin V. Sumner to William W. Mackall, April 27, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, April 27, 1861. No. 67. San Francisco, April 27, 1861. 1. Lieut. Thomas L. Casey, engineers, is relieved from duty with the Sappers…
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Sumner, April 29, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, April 29, 1861. No. 68. j San Francisco, April 29, 1861. 1. Fort Mojave will be abandoned and the garrison and public property…
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Edwin V. Sumner to William W. Mackall, April 29, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, April 29, 1861. No. 68. j San Francisco, April 29, 1861. 1. Fort Mojave will be abandoned and the garrison and public property…
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Edwin V. Sumner to E.D. Townsend, April 30, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal, April 30, 1861. Lieut. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, Headquarters Army: SIR: I have the honor to report that I have…
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Edwin V. Sumner to William W. Mackall, May 7, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, May 7, 1861. No. 77. San Francisco, May 7, 1861. Special Orders, No. 76, is so far modified as not to prescribe the…
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Edwin V. Sumner to Captain Hancoc, May 8, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, May 8, 1861. NORKI } San Francisco, May 8, 1861. Company K, First Dragoons (Carleton’s), will be detached from Fort Tejon, and…
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Edwin V. Sumner to William W. Mackall, May 8, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, May 8, 1861. NORKI } San Francisco, May 8, 1861. Company K, First Dragoons (Carleton’s), will be detached from Fort Tejon, and…
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Edwin V. Sumner to Commandant's Office, May 10, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., May 10, 1861. Lieut. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Headquarters Army, Washington, D. C. SIR: I have the…
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Edwin V. Sumner to Richd. C. Drum, May 14, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, May 14, 1861. No. 82. San Francisco, May 14, 1861. 1. Company I, Fourth Infantry (Brevet Major Haller’s), now en route from Fort…
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Edwin V. Sumner to Richd. C. Drum, May 15, 1861
ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, May 15, 1861. No. 6. y San Francisco, May 15, 1861. I. Neither commanding officers of posts who avail themselves of leaves of absence…
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Edwin V. Sumner to John Adams, May 18, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, May 18, 1861. Capt. JOHN ADAMS, First Dragoons, Commanding Fort Crook, Cal.: CAPTAIN: Send Company E, Sixth Infantry, to Benicia Barracks immediately. By…
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Edwin V. Sumner to C. Drum, May 20, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, i San Francisco, Cal., May 20, 1861. Lieut. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. 0.: SIR:…
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Edwin V. Sumner to Don C. Buell, May 23, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT -OF THE PACIFIC, May 23, 1861. No. 88. San Francisco, May 23, 1861. 1. The several stations in this harbor, viz, Fort Point, Alcatraz Island, and…
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Edwin V. Sumner to Don Carlos Buell, May 23, 1861
GENERAL ORDERS, } HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, May 23, 1861. NONO: } San Francisco, May 23, 1861. The name of the quartermaster’s brig Floyd is changed to the General…
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Edwin V. Sumner to Don Carlos Buell, May 24, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, May 24, 1861. No. 89. San Francisco, May 24, 1861. 1. Capt. Edward O. C. Ord’s battery, now at Benicia, will take post…
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Edwin V. Sumner to Captain Lendrum, May 28, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, May 28, 1861. No: 91. ‘ San francisco, May 28, 1861. 1. The detachment now at Honey Lake, from Captain Lendrum’s company…
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Edwin V. Sumner to Don Carlos Buell, May 28, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, May 28, 1861. No: 91. ‘ San francisco, May 28, 1861. 1. The detachment now at Honey Lake, from Captain Lendrum’s company…
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Edwin V. Sumner to U. S. Collector, June 6, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 6, 1861. IRA P. RANKIN, Esq., U. S. Collector, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: In a conversation yesterday with Doctor Rabe, U. S.…
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Edwin V. Sumner to of California, June 7, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., June 7, 1861. His Excellency J. G. DOWNEY, l Governor of California, Sacramento, Cal. : SIR: I have been informed of the…
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Edwin V. Sumner to Don C. Buell, June 8, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, June 8, 1861. No. 98. San Francisco, June 8, 1861. * * * * * * * 3. Captain Ord’s battery, Third Artillery,…
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Edwin V. Sumner to Lorenzo Thomas, June 10, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 10, 1861. Col. LORENZO THOMAS, U.S. Army, Assistant Adjutant-General, Washington, D. C.: SIR: I have the honor to report that I have…
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E. V. Sumner, June 19, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 19, 1861. The seizure of the arms as herein reported had the effect to check at once the action of the secessionists…
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Edwin V. Sumner to Lorenzo Thomas, June 20, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIO, San Francisco, June 20, 1861. ee Brig. Gen, L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. 0.: SIR: Thereis an absolute and immediate necessity for…