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Edwin V. Sumner to Richd. C. Drum, July 16, 1861
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,…
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Letters from Edwin V. Sumner
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Edwin V. Sumner to William H. Gardner, July 16, 1861
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…
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Edwin V. Sumner to Richd. C. Drum, July 15, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, July 15, 1861. No. 126, San Francisco, July 15, 1861. * * * * * * * Il. Under an exigency of the…
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Edwin V. Sumner to William H. Gardner, July 13, 1861
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…
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Edwin V. Sumner to U. S. Collector, Port of San Francisco, Cal, July 11, 1861
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…
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Edwin V. Sumner to William H. Gardner, July 11, 1861
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…
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Edwin V. Sumner to Edward D. Townsend, July 10, 1861
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…
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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…
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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 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…