Letter
Edwin V. Sumner to William S. Ketchum, September 8, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
San Francisco, September 8, 1861.
Maj. WILLIAM ScotT KETCHUM, Fourth Infantry, Commanding San Bernardino, Cal. :
MAJOR: I send Captain Russell down with the remainder of your regiment. Make such disposition of these troops as you think best to make everything secure. If we find they are advancing from Arizona I shall send down a large force at once. You may think it necessary to send one or two companies to Los Angeles to replace those sent to Fort Yuma.
Very respectfully, your obedient servant,
E. V. SUMNER,
Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS;
Brigadier-General, U. S. Army, Commanding.
HEADQUARTERS;
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: San Francisco.
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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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