Order

Edwin V. Sumner to Richd. Drum, August 27, 1861

SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,

No. 156. San Francisco, August 27, 1861. * * * * * * *

2, The companies raised for the regiment of infantry and battalion of cavalry California volunteers, for the service on the Overland route, will hereafter be mustered into service at Camp Downey, Contra Costa,

By order of Brigadier-General Sumner:

RICHD. ©. DRUM,
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Fort YUMA, CAL., August 27, 1861.
COMMANDING OFFICER, U.S. Army,
Los Angeles, Cal. :
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861.
Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1 View original source ↗