Order
Edwin V. Sumner to Richd. C. Drum, July 15, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
July 15, 1861.
No. 126, San Francisco, July 15, 1861. * * * * * * * Il. Under an exigency of the service Capt. R. ©. Drum, assistant adjutant-general, will, in addition to his other duties at these head- quarters, perform those of chief of the subsistence department, relieving Capt. M. D. L. Simpson, commissary of subsistence.
By order of Brigadier-General Sumner:
RICHD. C. DRUM,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Summary: Brigadier-General Sumner orders Captain Richard C. Drum to assume additional duties as chief of the subsistence department, relieving Captain M. D. L. Simpson at the Department of the Pacific headquarters.
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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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