Letter
E.D. Townsend to Edwin V. Sumner, August 21, 1861
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,
Washington, August 21, 1861.
Brigadier-General SUMNER, Commanding Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal. : SIR: In reply to your letter of the 24th July, the General-in-Chief directs me to say let Captain English remain in command of San Juan Island for the present. I am, sir,
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
E. D. TOWNSEND,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: Washington.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1
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