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.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., July 10, 1861. Lieut. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of June…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT*OF THE ‘PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 11, 1861. Capt. WILLIAM H. GARDNER, Commanding Navy-Yard, Mare Island, Cal. : _ CAPTAIN: I have received an order to act in concert…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 11, 1861. IRA P. RANKIN, Esq., U. S. Collector, Port of San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: I am inclined to think that it…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 11, 1861. IRA P. RANKIN, Esq., U. S. Collector, Port of San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: I am inclined to think that it…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 13, 1861. Capt. WILLIAM H. GARDNER, Commanding Navy-Yard, Mare Island, Cal.: CAPTAIN: I think with you that we must take care of…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, July 15, 1861. No. 126, San Francisco, July 15, 1861. * * * * * * * Il. Under an exigency of the…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 16, 1861. Capt. WILLIAM H. GARDNER, Commanding Navy-Yard, Mare Island, Cal.: CAPTAIN: I have received your letter of yesterday. I have sent…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, July 16, 1861. No. 128, } San Francisco, July 16, 1861. 1. The detachment of Company D, Sixth Infantry, posted in Round Valley,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 26, 1861. Capt. WILLIAM H. GARDNER, Commanding Navy-Yard, Mare Island, Cal. : CAPTAIN: Captain Boggs has just shown me a letter from…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 29, 1861. Capt. WILLIAM H. GARDNER, U.S. Navy, Commanding Navy-Yard, Mare Island, Cal. : CAPTAIN: I have telegraphed to-day to keep the…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, August 3, 1861. No. 139. } San Francisco, August 3, 1861. 1. Capt. Frederick Myers, assistant quartermaster, will relieve Capt. Ralph W.…
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, August 3, 1861. No. 139. } San Francisco, August 3, 1861. 1. Capt. Frederick Myers, assistant quartermaster, will relieve Capt. Ralph W.…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, August 8, 1861. – San Francisco, August 8, 1861. Capt. CHARLES S. LOVELL, Sixth Infantry, U. S. Army, Commanding Fort Humboldt, Cal.: SIR: The buildings…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, August 8, 1861. First Regiment Oregon Rifles : For reasons satisfactory to the Department, the acceptance given you has been revoked. It is preferred that the…
San Francisco San Francisco, August 10, 1861. Capt. WILLIAM H. GARDNER, U.S. Navy, Commanding Navy-Yard, Mare Island, Cal. : CAPTAIN: I have received several intimations about the exposed situation of…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, August 13, 1861. No. 145. f San Francisco, August 13, 1861. 2. Two of the field guns at the Presidio of San…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, August 13, 1861. No. 145. f San Francisco, August 13, 1861. 2. Two of the field guns at the Presidio of San…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, August 14, 1861. No. 146. } San Francisco, August 14, 1861. * * * * * * * 3. Maj. William S. Ketchum,…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, August 14, 1861. No. 146. } San Francisco, August 14, 1861. * * * * * * * 3. Maj. William S. Ketchum,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, August 14, 1861. Maj. WILLIAM S. KETCHUM, Fourth Regiment of Infantry, Camp Sumner, Cal.: MAJOR: It is reported from authentic sources that there…
WAR DEPARTMENT WAR DEPARTMENT, August 15, 1861. Hon. JoHN G. DOWNEY, Governor of California, Sacramento City, Cal. : In filling the requisition given you August 14 for five regiments, please…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, August 19, 1861. Lieut. Col. E, D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. O.: COLONEL: I have…
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter. Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., August 20, 1861. Capt H. M. BLACK, Ninth T nfantry, Comdy. Detach. of troops under orders Jor Fort Cascades, Wash, Ter., Fort…
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter. Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., August 20, 1861. Capt H. M. BLACK, Ninth T nfantry, Comdy. Detach. of troops under orders Jor Fort Cascades, Wash, Ter., Fort…