Order

Sumner to Richd. Drum, August 27, 1861

SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC,

No. 156. San Francisco, August 27, 1861. * * * * * * *

2, The companies raised for the regiment of infantry and battalion of cavalry California volunteers, for the service on the Overland route, will hereafter be mustered into service at Camp Downey, Contra Costa,

By order of Brigadier-General Sumner:

RICHD. ©. DRUM,
Assistant Adjutant- General.
Fort YUMA, CAL., August 27, 1861.
COMMANDING OFFICER, U.S. Army,
Los Angeles, Cal. :
SIR: You will please telegraph the substance of the inclosed communication to the commanding general of the department and request
him to send at least two companies of infantry to strengthen this point as soon as practicable. I would respectfully suggest they be sent by
steamer to the mouth of the Colorado River, on account of it being the.
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 ↗