Henry Dwight Barrows was an American teacher, businessman, farmer, goldminer, reporter, United States Marshal, Los Angeles County School Superintendent, manufacturer, writer, and a founder and president of the Historical Society of Southern California.
[Inclosure.] Los ANGELES, August 12, 1861. The undersigned, citizens of Los Angeles County, do hereby form and constitute ourselves into a defensive organization or home guard, and we pledge ourselves…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Fitzgerald, Cal., August 13, 1861. Maj. D. C. BUELL, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army: MAJOR: After careful thought I have determined, as an officer intrusted with an important…
Los Angeles Los Angeles, April 9, 1862. Col. J. H. CARLETON, or MILITARY COMMANDER OF SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF California: SIR: I hereby request that you will detail a sufficient military…
Los Angeles, Cal. Los Angeles, Cal., April 10, 1862. a \ 1 E Brig. Gen. GEORGE WRIGHT, SIR: May not the Union citizens of this section ask that greater rigor…