Letter
Simon Cameron to His Excellency Joun G. DOWNEY, August 14, 1861
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, August 14, 1861.
His Excellency Joun G. DOWNEY, Governor of the State of California, Sacramento City, Cal.: SIR: I have this day addressed you a dispatch requesting you to organize, equip, and have mustered into service, at the earliest date possible, four regiments of infantry and one regiment of cavalry, to be placed at the disposal of General Sumner.
I have the honor to be, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
SIMON CAMERON,
Secretary of War.
Secretary of War.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: Washington.
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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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