Order

Lieutenant-General Scott to E.D. Townsend, September 30, 1861

SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY,

No. 160. } Washington, September 30, 1861.

1. Brig. Gen. J. K. F. Mansfield, U. S. Army, is assigned to the command of the Department of the Pacific, and will repair to San Francisco with as little delay as practicable.

2. Brig. Gen. George Wright, volunteer service (colonel Ninth Infantry), will remain in command of the Columbia River, under General Mansfield.

By command of Lieutenant-General Scott:

E. D. T[OWNSEND],
Assistant Adjutant-General.
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 ↗