HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, December 9, 1861. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. O.: GENERAL: Inclosed herewith is a copy of a dispatch*…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., December 7, 1861. ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters of the Army, Washington: Str: I have made satisfactory arrangements for protection of Overland Mail Route without…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., September 12, 1861. His Excellency JOHN WHITEAKER, Governor of the State of Oregon: SIR: The threatening attitude of the Indian tribes in…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., September 12, 1861. CAPTAIN: I have just returned from Fort Dalles. Much alarm existing in the border settlements in consequence of the…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., December 10, 1861. GENERAL: For several weeks past small parties have been organizing in the Southern District of this State, with the…
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter. Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., January 26, 1861. SIR: Your letter of the 15th instant, inclosing Orders, No. 1, from the headquarters Department of the Pacific, reached…
Los Angeles Los Angeles, October 11, 1861. MAJOR: It is recommended to me by officers who have served long on this coast, and in this section of the State, that…