Letter
Edwin V. Sumner to Edward D. Townsend, August 19, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
San Francisco, August 19, 1861.
Lieut. Col. E, D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. O.:
COLONEL: I have received your letter of the 23d ultimo in relation to the arms. They had been privately shipped a week before I got your letter. I sent a detachment of a captain and thirty men with them as far as Panama, and I confided them particularly to the naval officer at Aspinwall. I inclose a copy of my letter to him.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
E. V. SUMNER,
Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, Commanding.
Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, Commanding.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: San Francisco. Summary: E. V. Sumner informs Edward D. Townsend that arms were privately shipped before receiving his letter and details the escort arrangements to Panama and coordination with the naval officer at Aspinwall.
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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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