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Unknown, August 10, 1861
Fort HUMBOLDT, CAL. Fort HUMBOLDT, CAL., August 10, 1861. Str: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the information and action of the commanding general of the department, a…
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Unknown to E. V. Sumner, August 10, 1861
Los ANGELES Los ANGELES, August 10, 1861. General E. V. SUMNER, Commanding Pacific Division, San Francisco: SIR: I feel it my duty as an old resident of this place to…
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Unknown to Edwin V. Sumner, August 10, 1861
Los ANGELES Los ANGELES, August 10, 1861. General E. V. SUMNER, Commanding Pacific Division, San Francisco: SIR: I feel it my duty as an old resident of this place to…
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Unknown to James H. Carleton, August 10, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Fitzgerald, August 10, 1861. MAJOR: I have the honor to inclose the accompanying letter from Mr. Willis, of San Bernardino, which will be found to bear directly upon…
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Unknown to Thomas W. Sherman, August 10, 1861
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, August 10, 1861. General T. W. Sherman, having been charged with the preparation of an expedition to rendezvous on Long Island Sound, will, on the part of…
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Unknown to Thomas W. Sherman, August 11, 1861
Washington, August 11, 1861. Brig. Gen. THomAS W. SHERMAN: SIR: You will proceed to the capitals of the States of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, and confer…
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Unknown, August 11, 1861
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, August 11, 1861. SIR: You will proceed to the capitals of the States of Connecticut, Rhode Island, Massachusetts, New Hampshire, and Maine, and confer with the governors…
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Unknown, August 12, 1861
August 12, 1861. No. 1. Rockville, August 12, 1861. By virtue of orders from Headquarters Division of Potomac, dated August 10, 1861, the undersigned assumes command of the forces of…
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Unknown, August 14, 1861
GENERAL ORDERS, BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, August 14, 1861. No. 2: Knoxville, Tenn., August 14, 1861. I am authorized to receive into the service of the Provisional Army of the Confederate States…
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Unknown to Andrew Porter, August 14, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DIVISION OF THE POTOMAO, Washington, D. C., August 14, 1861. Brig. Gen. ANDREW PORTER, Provost-Marshal, &c., Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: The brigade commander of the Seventy-ninth Regiment New York…
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Unknown to William S. Ketchum, August 14, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, August 14, 1861. Maj. WILLIAM S. KETCHUM, Fourth Regiment of Infantry, Camp Sumner, Cal.: MAJOR: It is reported from authentic sources that there…
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Unknown to Robert Anderson, August 15, 1861
August 15, 1861. No. 57. Washington, August 15, 1861. I. The States of Kentucky* and Tennessee will in future constitute a separate military command, to be known as the Department…
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Unknown to J. W. Davidson, August 15, 1861
SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO, August 15, 1861. Capt. J. W. DAVIDSON, First Dragoons, Los Angeles : Your dispatch of this date received. Read second paragraph of General Orders, No, 6,…
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Unknown to E. V. Sumner, U.s. Army, August 15, 1861
EUGENE CrrY, LANE COUNTY, OREG. EUGENE CrrY, LANE COUNTY, OREG., August 15, 1861. General E. V. SUMNER, U.S. Army, Commanding Pacific Division, San Francisco, Cal. : DEAR SIR: There is…
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Unknown to John W. Davidson, August 15, 1861
SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO, August 15, 1861. Capt. J. W. DAVIDSON, First Dragoons, Los Angeles : Your dispatch of this date received. Read second paragraph of General Orders, No, 6,…
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Unknown to Edwin V. Sumner, August 15, 1861
EUGENE CrrY, LANE COUNTY, OREG. EUGENE CrrY, LANE COUNTY, OREG., August 15, 1861. General E. V. SUMNER, U.S. Army, Commanding Pacific Division, San Francisco, Cal. : DEAR SIR: There is…
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Unknown to E. V. Sumner, U. S. Army, August 16, 1861
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, August 16, 1861. Brig. Gen. E. V. SUMNER, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal. : You are to command an expedition into Texas, via Mazatlan,…
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Unknown to Edwin V. Sumner, August 16, 1861
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, August 16, 1861. Brig. Gen. E. V. SUMNER, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal. : You are to command an expedition into Texas, via Mazatlan,…
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Unknown to R. L. Ogden, August 17, 1861
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C., August 17, 1861. Capt. R. L. OGDEN, Quartermaster, San Francisco, Cal. : Str: I have this day forwarded you a dispatch by telegraph and…
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Unknown to R. C. Drum, August 18, 1861
Fort Crook, Cal. Fort Crook, Cal., August 18, 1861. Capt. R. C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal. : Sir: Herewith inclosed I have the honor to…
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Unknown, August 19, 1861
San Francisco San Francisco, August 19, 1861. Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. O.: COLONEL: I have received your letter of the 23d ultimo in…
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Unknown to A. C. Wildrick, August 19, 1861
Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter. Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter., August 19, 1861. Lieut. A. C. WILDRICK, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, District of Oregon, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter.: SIR: I have…
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Unknown to Nathaniel P. Banks, August 19, 1861
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, August 19, 1861. August 19, 1861. Major-General BANKs, U. S. A., – Commanding, dec., Sandy Hook, Md. : You are authorized to withdraw your batteries and…
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Unknown to Captain Black, August 20, 1861
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter. Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., August 20, 1861. CAPTAIN: Your two telegraphic dispatches of the 15th instant I have this day received. The articles required will be…