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HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, April 24, 1862. Maj. R. C. Drum, U.S. Army, Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of the Pacific : MAJOR: Since my personal examination of this country…
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Fort Humboldt, August 31, 1862. Inthe afternoon of the 15th instant I received information of a band of Indians having taken possession of a timbered point of land on the…
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Fort Humboldt, August 10, 1862. MAJOR: Major Curtis arrived here on the 7th instant with Companies Band O, Second Infantry California Volunteers. Company D bad been landed at Fort Bragg.…
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Fort Humboldt, August 4, 1862. MAJOR: Minor’s is on the north side of Redwood Creek, on the trail from Arcata to Fort Gaston. Descending the river toward the ocean from…
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July 12, 1862. Fort Humboldt, July 12, 1862]. MAJOR: About two weeks since Loball’s ranch and the mail station on the Van Dusen River were attacked and destroyed by Indians.…
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Fort Humboldt, June 25, 1862. MAJOR: By the official report* of Lieutenant Myers, Third California Volunteer Infantry, received June 12, I find that the three soldiers *See June 11, p.…
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Fort Humboldt, June 10, 1862. MAJOR: To make the record of military events complete to this date, I have the honor to report what has transpired since my arrival here…
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Fort Humboldt, May 20, 1862. MAJOR: The following is a summary of my operations against the Indians in my district since my last dispatch in April last: On the 6th…
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Fort Humboldt, April 1, 1862. MAJOR: On the evening of the 25th of March an express arrived from Areata reporting that the settlement at Angel’s ranch, a place about twelve…