Letter
Simon Cameron to Joun G. Downey, August 14, 1861
WAR DEPARTMENT,
Washington, August 14, 1861.
Hon. Joun G. DOWNEY, Governor of California, Sacramento City, Cal. : Please 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.
SIMON CAMERON,
Secretary of War.
(By telegraph to Fort Kearny, and thence by pony express and
telegraph.)
(By telegraph to Fort Kearny, and thence by pony express and
telegraph.)
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861. Location: Washington. Summary: Simon Cameron, Secretary of War, urgently requests California Governor John G. Downey to organize and equip four infantry regiments and one cavalry regiment for General Sumner's use during the Civil War.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1
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