John Wynn Davidson was a brigadier general in the United States Army during the American Civil War and an American Indian fighter. In 1850, he co-led the Bloody Island massacre of 60-200 Pomo old men, women, and children as part of the wider California genocide.
HEADQUARTERS CAMP MORTON, Indianapolis, Ind., January 1, 1805. Col. A. A. STEVENS, Commanding Camp Morton: SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition of…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Fitzgerald, CAL., August 10, 1861. Maj. D. C. BUELL, Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of the Pacific: MAJOR: I have the honor to inclose the within communications just put in…
CAMP FITZGERALD, CAL. CAMP FITZGERALD, CAL., August 21, 1861. Capt. RICHARD C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General: CAPTAIN: Yesterday it became known through this camp that I was to be relieved in…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Fitegerald, Cal., August 24, 1861. Capt. R. C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco: CAPTAIN: I report that I have changed the position of my camp (no farther from…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Fitzgerald, Cal., August 30, 1861. Capt. R. C. Drum, Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco : CAPTAIN: My letter of August 24 will explain what kind of sheds have been…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Fitzgerald, Cal., September 16, 1861. Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco, Cal. : CAPTAIN: The information given you in my letter of the 9th instant has received much corroboration within…
HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT, Saint Louis, Mo., March 16, 1863. Maj. H. Z. CURTIS, Adjutant-General, Department of the Missours : Masor: The accompanying dispatch is respectfully inclosed for the eneral.…
HEADQUARTERS SAINT LOUIS DISTRICT, Saint Louis, March 19, 1863. Maj. H. Z. CuRTIS, Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of the Missouri : Magsor: In answer to your communication of yesterday,* I have…
Saint Louis DIstRioT Saint Louis DIstRioT, April 16, 1863. Colonel BELL, Commanding, Barnesville, Mo. : Keep your patrols well to the front. Don’t let any force get in between you…
Saint Louis DISTRICT Saint Louis DISTRICT, April 16, 1863. General JoHN MoNEIL, Commanding, Bloomfield, Mo.: You will concentrate all your troops at once at Bloomfield, calling in all your detachments…
Saint Louis DIsTRIoT Saint Louis DIsTRIoT, April 16, 1863. Colonel SMART, Commanding, Patterson, Mo.: Keep your patrols well to the front, as ordered, examining well the line of the Black…
Indianapolis, Ind., January 8, 1865. Col. A. A. STEVENS, Commanding Camp Morton: SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report o the condition of the prisoners of…
HEADQUARTERS CAMP MORTON, Indianapolis, Ind., January 8, 1865. Col. A. A. STEVENS, Commanding Camp Morton: SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report o the condition of…
Indianapolis, Ind. Indianapolis, Ind., January 22, 1865. Col. A, A. STEVENS, Commanding Camp Morton: SIR: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of the condition of the…
Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Ind. Camp Morton, Indianapolis, Ind., January 29, 1865. Col. A. A. STEVENS, Commanding Camp Morton: Sir: I have the honor to submit the following inspection report of…