Letter
Simon Cameron to Gideon Welles, October 1, 1861
WAR DEPARTMENT,
October 1, 1861.
October 1, 1861. Hon. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy:
SIR: Your communication of the 21st ultimo, asking that General Sumner may be instructed to station a company at Mare Island NavyYard, in California, has been received and referred to General Sumner for his action.
I have the honor to be, respectfully,
SIMON CAMERON,
Secretary of War.
Secretary of War.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861.
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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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