Order

Sumner, May 8, 1861

SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,

NORKI } San Francisco, May 8, 1861. Company K, First Dragoons (Carleton’s), will be detached from Fort Tejon, and will proceed to and take post at Los Angeles.

By command of Brigadier-General Sumner:

Assistant Adjutant-General.
San Francisco, May 3, 1861.
Captain, First Dragoons, Fort Tejon, Cal.:
SIR: The commanding general directs you to establish a camp at the
most.eligible position in the immediate vicinity of Los Angeles, capable
of fulfilling the conditions called for in the inclosed letter of instructions to Captain Hancock, assistant quartermaster.* The two companies from Fort Mojave will be included in your encampment and in
your command.
I am, sir, very respectfully, your obedient servant,
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 ↗