Letter
E.D. Townsend to Edwin V. Sumner, July 25, 1861
HEADQUARTERS ‘OF THE ARMY,
Washington, July 25, 1861.
Brig. Gen. E. V. SUMNER, U.S. Army, Commanding Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal. : Sir: The colonel of ordnance has ordered 30,000 stand of arms, now in store on the Pacific, to be shipped to New York, as they are very much needed here. The General-in-Chief directs that you give every facility for executing this order as soon as practicable. 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. Summary: E. D. Townsend instructs Brig. Gen. E. V. Sumner to expedite the shipment of 30,000 arms from the Pacific to New York to meet urgent military needs in 1861.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1
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