Letter
Edwin V. Sumner to John G. Downey, August 15, 1861
WAR DEPARTMENT
WAR DEPARTMENT, August 15, 1861.
Hon. JoHN G. DOWNEY, Governor of California, Sacramento City, Cal. : In filling the requisition given you August 14 for five regiments, please make General J. H. Carleton, of San Francisco, colonel of a cavalry regiment, and give him proper authority to organize as promptly
as possible. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War. (Telegraph and pony express and telegraph.)
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRs. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, No. 147. San Francisco, August 15, 1861.
manding officer of Benicia Arsenal 1,000 sets of infantry equipments.
By order of Brigadier-General Sumner:
RICHD. C. DRUM,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Los ANGELES, August 15, 1861—12.40 p.m.
R. C. DRUM:
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Los ANGELES, August 15, 1861—12.40 p.m.
R. C. DRUM:
My men are being demoralized and tampered with. Shall I move
nearer San Pedro? All my officers urge the move.
nearer San Pedro? All my officers urge the move.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: WAR DEPARTMENT.
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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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