Edwin V. Sumner to Edward Davis Townsend, September 9, 1861

Lieut. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. O.:

COLONEL: The Governor of California has given the following appointments to officers of the Army, and as their services will be of the utmost importance in the volunteers, I would respectfully ask the sanetion of the General-in-Chief: Maj. A. J. Smith, First U. S. Cavalry, to be colonel of the Second Regiment of Cavalry; Capt. H. M. Judah, Fourth Infantry, to be colonel Second Regiment of Infantry; First Lieut. Benjamin F. Davis, First U. 8. Cavalry, to be lieutenant-colonel (Battalion) First Regiment Cavalry; First Lieut. John Kellogg, Third Artillery, to be lieutenant-colonel Regiment of Infantry; Second Lieut. E. V. Sumner, jr., First U. S. Cavalry, to be major Second Regiment of Cavalry.

Very respectfully, your obedient servant,