Letter

E.D. Townsend to Edwin V. Sumner, August 21, 1861

HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,

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.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: Washington.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1 View original source ↗