Letter
Simon Cameron to General, July 27, 1861
Wak DEPARTMENT
Wak DEPARTMENT, July 27, 1861.
Sm: Your letter of the 24th instant, proposing to arm a home guard of 850 picked men in Baltimore, has been received and referred to the General-in-Chief, who approves the proposal warmly.
You are authorized to organize and equip a regiment of home guards as you suggest. The necessary instructions will be given to the Ordnance Department.
very respectfully, your obedient servant,
SIMON CAMERON,
Secretary of War.
GENERAL erie aut Hpgrs. DIVISION OF THE PoToMmAc,
No. 1. Washington, July 27, 1861.
Secretary of War.
GENERAL erie aut Hpgrs. DIVISION OF THE PoToMmAc,
No. 1. Washington, July 27, 1861.
In accordance with General Orders, No. 47, of July 25, 1861, from the
War Department, the undersigned hereby assumes command of the
Division of the Potomac, comprising the Military Departments of Washington and Northeastern Virginia. Headquarters for the present at
Washington.
War Department, the undersigned hereby assumes command of the
Division of the Potomac, comprising the Military Departments of Washington and Northeastern Virginia. Headquarters for the present at
Washington.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Maryland, Pennsylvania, Virginia, 1861. Location: Wak DEPARTMENT.
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Sources
The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 2
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