Order
Edwin V. Sumner to Edward O. C. Ord, September 28, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
September 28, 1861.
No. 182. San Francisco, September 28, 1861.
1. Capt. Edward O. C. Ord, Third Artillery, having been appointed brigadier-general of U. S. Volunteers, is relieved from duty in this department and will comply with instructions received from the Adjutant-General, The command of Light Company O, Third Artillery, will be turned over to First Lieut. Edward R. Warner, who will receipt for all property pertaining to C Company.
3. First Lieut. La Rhett L. Livingston, Third Artillery, will relieve Capt. E. O. ©. Ord in command of Light Company C, Third Artillery, giving the usual receipts for all property pertaining thereto.
By order of Brigadier-General Sumner:
Assistant Adjutant-General.
Washington, September 30, 1861.
Commanding, dec., San Francisco, Cal. :
SIR: The General-in-Chief directs me to say that, according to the
Washington, September 30, 1861.
Commanding, dec., San Francisco, Cal. :
SIR: The General-in-Chief directs me to say that, according to the
importance of the frontiers and the temper of the Indians, you station
in Oregon and Washington Territory a portion of the volunteer force
called out on the Pacific Coast. You can best judge, being on the spot,
of the proper disposition to be made of the force.
in Oregon and Washington Territory a portion of the volunteer force
called out on the Pacific Coast. You can best judge, being on the spot,
of the proper disposition to be made of the force.
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861.
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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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