Letter
Henry M. McGill to Edwin V. Sumner, May 23, 1861
Olympia
Olympia, May 23, 1861.
Brig. Gen. E. V. SUMNER, U.S. Army, Commanding Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: I have the honor to transmit to you herewith a copy of a proclamation issued on the 10th instant for the enrollment and organization of the militia of this Territory. The number of public arms now on hand here is very small, and to meet any emergency I have respectfully and earnestly to request that you will direct as many of the arms at the various military posts within this Territory as can be spared, with a supply of ordinary musket, rifled musket, and howitzer ammunition, to be placed at one of the military posts, subject to the requisition of the governor. I am, sir,
respectfully, your obedient servant,
HENRY M. MCGILL,
Acting Governor.
{Inclosure. ]
By the Governor of Washington Territory.
Acting Governor.
{Inclosure. ]
By the Governor of Washington Territory.
Whereas, the President of the United States has issued his proclamation stating that the laws of the United States have been, and now
are, opposed in several States by combinations too powerful to be suppressed in the ordinary way, and therefore calling for the militia of the
several States:
Now, therefore, deeming it expedient that the militia of the Territory
are, opposed in several States by combinations too powerful to be suppressed in the ordinary way, and therefore calling for the militia of the
several States:
Now, therefore, deeming it expedient that the militia of the Territory
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: Olympia. Summary: Henry M. McGill requests Brig. Gen. E. V. Sumner to allocate arms and ammunition to Washington Territory's militia following a proclamation for their enrollment amid escalating Civil War tensions.
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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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