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D. C. Buell, May 22, 1861
San Francisco, May 22, 1861. Capt. C. S. LOVELL, Sixth Infantry, U. S. Army, Comdg. Fort Humboldt, Cal. : SIR: If in your opinion the further services of the detachment…
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Letters from Don Carlos Buell
B. 1818 · D. 1898
Don Carlos Buell was a United States Army officer who fought in the Seminole War, the Mexican-American War, and the American Civil War. Buell led Union armies in two major Civil War battles,Shiloh and Perryville. The nation was angered at his failure to defeat the outnumbered Confederate Army after Perryville, or to secure East Tennessee. Historians generally concur that he was a brave and industrious master of logistics, but was too cautious and rigid to meet the challenges presented in 1862. Buell was relieved of field command in late 1862 and made no more significant military contributions before his resignation in 1864.
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36 letters
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Don Carlos Buell to C. S. Lovell, May 22, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, May 22, 1861. Capt. C. S. LOVELL, Sixth Infantry, U. S. Army, Comdg. Fort Humboldt, Cal. : SIR: If in your opinion the…
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D. C. Buell, May 27, 1861
San Francisco, May 27, 1861. Maj. G. A. H. BLAKE, First Dragoons, Commanding Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter.: SIR: The colonel commanding the department desires you, if you deem it necessary,…
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Don Carlos Buell to G. A. H. Blake, May 27, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, May 27, 1861. Maj. G. A. H. BLAKE, First Dragoons, Commanding Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter.: SIR: The colonel commanding the department desires you,…
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D. C. Buell, May 29, 1861
San Francisco, May 29, 1861. Hon. PABLO DE LA GUERRA, JAMES L. ORD, Esq., and others, Santa Barbara, Cal.: GENTLEMEN: The general commanding the department has received your communication of…
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Don Carlos Buell to Pablo de la Guerra, May 29, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, May 29, 1861. Hon. PABLO DE LA GUERRA, JAMES L. ORD, Esq., and others, Santa Barbara, Cal.: GENTLEMEN: The general commanding the department…
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D. C. Buell, May 30, 1861
San Francisco, May 30, 1861. Bvt. Maj. G. O. HALLER, Captain, Fourth Infantry, Commanding San Diego, Cal.: SIR: Orders have been given for sending to you two 24-pounder guns, and…
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Don Carlos Buell to Maj. G. O. Haller, May 30, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, May 30, 1861. Bvt. Maj. G. O. HALLER, Captain, Fourth Infantry, Commanding San Diego, Cal.: SIR: Orders have been given for sending to…
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Don Carlos Buell to First Lieut. J. McAllister, June 3, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco., June 3, 1861. First Lieut. J. MCALLISTER, Ordnance Department, Commanding Benicia Arsenal, Cal.: Sir: The guns for San Diego referred to in your…
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D. C. Buell, June 4, 1861
GENERAL ORDERS, } HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, June 4, 1861. No. 12. San Francisco, June 4, 1861. Commanding officers of posts will promptly report to this office the execution…
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D. C. Buell, June 5, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 5, 1861. SIR: The general commanding the department has received your communication of the 23d ultimo, requesting that a supply of arms…
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Don Carlos Buell to Governor of Washington Territory, June 5, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 5, 1861. SIR: The general commanding the department has received your communication of the 23d ultimo, requesting that a supply of arms…
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D. C. Buell, June 7, 1861
San Francisco, June 7, 1861. Col. GEORGE WRIGHT, Ninth Infty., Comdg. Dist. of Oregon, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter.: SIR: Under anticipated exigencies the general commanding the department deems it necessary…
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Don Carlos Buell to George Wright, June 7, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 7, 1861. Col. GEORGE WRIGHT, Ninth Infty., Comdg. Dist. of Oregon, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter.: SIR: Under anticipated exigencies the general commanding…
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Don Carlos Buell to W. Seawell, June 8, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 8, 1861. Col. W. SEAWELL, Sixth Infantry, Commanding Benicia Barracks, Cal. : SIR: The general commanding the department has been advised that…
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D. C. Buell, June 10, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, June 10, 1861. No. 8. f Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., June 10, 1861. I. Captain Dent with his company (B, Ninth Infantry) will…
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D. C. Buell, June 11, 1861
San Francisco, June 11, 1861. EDWIN A. SHERMAN, Esq., San Bernardino, Cal.: SIR: The general commanding the department has received your communication of the 3d instant. He directs me to…
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Don Carlos Buell to Edwin A. Sherman, Esq, June 11, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 11, 1861. EDWIN A. SHERMAN, Esq., San Bernardino, Cal.: SIR: The general commanding the department has received your communication of the 3d…
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D. C. Buell, July 3, 1861
Fort BRAGG Fort BRAGG, July 3, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: I arrived at Fort Humboldt on the morning of the 25th ultimo…
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Don Carlos Buell to Headquarters Department of the Pacific, July 3, 1861
Fort BRAGG Fort BRAGG, July 3, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: I arrived at Fort Humboldt on the morning of the 25th ultimo…
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D. C. Buell, July 5, 1861
San Francisco, July 5, 1861. Hon. HENRY M. MCGILL, Acting Governor of Washington Territory, Olympia, Wash. Ter. : SIR: The general commanding the department directs me to acknowledge the receipt…
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D. C. Buell, July 6, 1861
LONG VALLEY LONG VALLEY, July 6, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters Department of the Pacific: Str: I have just returned from Round Valley, where I went yesterday to inspect a detachment…
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Don Carlos Buell to Headquarters Department of the Pacific, July 6, 1861
LONG VALLEY LONG VALLEY, July 6, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters Department of the Pacific: Sir: I have just returned from Round Valley, where I went yesterday to inspect a detachment…
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D. C. Buell, July 8, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, ] WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL’S OFFICE, July 8, 1861. No. 181. Washington, July 8, 1861. * * * * * * * 6. Bvt. Capt. Richard C. Drum,…