Order
Edwin V. Sumner to Ralph W. Kirkham, October 1, 1861
JENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,
October 1, 1861.
No. 22. San Francisco, October 1, 1861.
reported at these headquarters, is announced as chief quartermaster on the department staff. Lieutenant-Colonel Babbitt will accordingly relieve Capt. Ralph W. Kirkham, of the same department, in the discharge of these duties.
By order of Brigadier-General Sumner:
Assistant Adjutant-General.
San Francisco, October 1, 1861.
First Cavalry, U. S. Army, Comdg. Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter. :
SIR: The general commanding the department directs me to inform
San Francisco, October 1, 1861.
First Cavalry, U. S. Army, Comdg. Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter. :
SIR: The general commanding the department directs me to inform
you that all the regular infantry and cavalry on this coast have been
ordered to New York. The general desires you to have your command
in readiness to be relieved by volunteer troops. The horses pertaining
to the First Cavalry company will be, in addition to their horse equipments, turned over to the quartermaster’s department at that post.
ordered to New York. The general desires you to have your command
in readiness to be relieved by volunteer troops. The horses pertaining
to the First Cavalry company will be, in addition to their horse equipments, turned over to the quartermaster’s department at that post.
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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