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.
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, September 27, 1861. No. 181. f San Francisco, September 27, 1861. The companies of the Second Regiment of California Volunteer Infantry in…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, September 27, 1861. His Excellency JOHN G. DOWNEY, Governor State of California, Sacramento City, Cal.: GOVERNOR: I have received yours of the 25th.…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, September 28, 1861. No. 182. San Francisco, September 28, 1861. 1. Capt. Edward O. C. Ord, Third Artillery, having been appointed brigadier-general…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, September 28, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, Washington : COLONEL: I have just received the commanding general’s dispatch countermanding the expedition…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, September 28, 1861. No. 182. San Francisco, September 28, 1861. 1. Capt. Edward O. C. Ord, Third Artillery, having been appointed brigadier-general…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, September 80, 1861. Col. GEORGE WRIGHT, Ninth Infantry, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal. : COLONEL: As you are about to assume the…
JENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, October 1, 1861. No. 22. San Francisco, October 1, 1861. reported at these headquarters, is announced as chief quartermaster on the department…
JENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, October 1, 1861. No. 22. San Francisco, October 1, 1861. reported at these headquarters, is announced as chief quartermaster on the department…
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, October 2, 1861. No. 23. San Francisco, October 2, 1861. In compliance with instructions received from the General-in-Chief, the following movements of…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, October 2, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. 8S. Army, Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. C.: COLONEL: I have received…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, October 11, 1861. His Excellency JOHN G. DOWNEY, Governor State of California, Sacramento, Cal.: GOVERNOR: I have received your letter of the 9th…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, October 11, 1861. No. 191 } San Francisco, October 11, 1861. I. Lieut. Col. Albemarle Cady, Seventh Regiment of Infantry, is assigned to…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, October 12, 1861. No. 192. San Francisco, October 12, 1861. The detachment of the Sixth Regiment of Infantry at the Presidio of San…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, October 14, 1861. No. 193. $ San Francisco, October 14, 1861. 1. The headquarters and Companies E, G, and K, Sixth Regiment…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, f San Francisco, October 14, 1861. Col. EDWARD D. TOWNSEND, Order of the 16th ultimo just received. I leave in the next steamer, on the…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, October 14, 1861. No. 193. $ San Francisco, October 14, 1861. 1. The headquarters and Companies E, G, and K, Sixth Regiment…
HEADQUARTERS RIGHT GRAND DIVISION, January 14, 1863. ARMY OF THE Potomac, January 14, 1863. Sir: I have the honor to make the following report of the operations of my command…