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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF. NEW MEXICO, June 19, 1861. Santa Fé, N. Mex., June 19, 1861. Bvt. Lieut. Col. WM. CHAPMAN, Major Second Infantry, Comdg. Fort Union, N. Mex. : SIR:…
HDQRS. EXPEDITION INTO THE INDIAN COUNTRY, Camp Alvord, August 20, 1864. SIR: I have the honor to report for the information of the general that on the 2d instant the…
BOONVILLE BOONVILLE, July 13, 1864. Captain CURREY: DEAR SIR: We are compelled by force of cireumstances to communicate to you a few facts in relation to the depredations committed by…
HEADQUARTERS FORT FILLMORE, NEW MEXICO, June 16, 1861. June 16, 1861. ACTING ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, ; Headquarters Department New Mexico, Santa Fé, N. Mex. : SIR: I have the honor to…
HDQRS. EXPEDITION INTO THE INDIAN COUNTRY, May 3, 1864. Camp No. 6, on Grande Ronde River, May 3, 1864. SIR: I have the honor to inform you that I reached…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 16, 1864. ADJUTANT-GENERAL U.S. ARMY, Washington City: SIR: Inclosed herewith I have the honor to forward, for the consideration of the Department,…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., March 1, 1864. Capt. GEORGE B. CuRREY, First Oregon Cavalry: (Through Commanding Officer, Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter.) SIR: Your communication of…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter., February 25, 1864. ACTING ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters District of Oregon, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter.: Sir: Herewith inclosed I have the honor to transmit the…
CAMP IAQUA, CAL. CAMP IAQUA, CAL., June 15, 1864. Maj. THOMAS F. WRIGHT, Sixth Infantry California Volunteers, Comdgq. Battalion Sixth Infantry California Vols.: SIR: At your request I have read…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, June 16, 1861. Santa Fé, N. Mex., June 16, 1861. COMMANDING OFFICERS, Forts Wise and Larned, Kans. : Sirs: It is stated here that a…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, May 18, 1864. Col. H. M. BLACK, Sixth Infantry California Vols., Comdg. Dist. of Humboldt: Sir: The general commanding is gratified to observe…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, October 4, 1861. Santa Fé, N. Mex., October 4, 1861. SIR: The picket skirmishing referred to in my last report of the 29th ultimo resulted…
WAR DEPARTMENT WAR DEPARTMENT, December 12, 1861. Hon. G. A. GROW, Speaker of the House of Representatives : SIR: In answer to the resolution of the House of Representatives of…
HEADQUARTERS FIRST CAVALRY OREGON VOLUNTEERS, Camp Independence, in Payette Valley, Idaho Ter., July 4, 1863. SIR: I have the honor to report that I arrived at this point with my…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, June 29, 1863. Lieutenant-Colonel WHIPPLE, Commanding Battalion of Mountaineers : COLONEL: The colonel commanding the district directs you to furnish an escort to Manheim…
Ricumonp, Va. Ricumonp, Va., April 2, 1865. Dear Sunn: I have delayed writing in order to be able to give you some definite information on the negro question. The Secretary…
Ricumonp, Va. Ricumonp, Va., March 30, 1865. Capt. Epwarp Bostick, Company FE, Twenty-siath South Carolina Volunteers: Srr: You are hereby authorized to raise a battalion of four companies of negro…
Ricumonp, Va. Ricumonp, Va., March 28, 1865. Capt. GrorcE P. Rive, Siath Lousiana Regiment, Montgomery, Ala.: Str: You are hereby authorized to raise a company of negro troops in the…
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 30, 1865. No. 18. Richmond, Va., March 30, 1865. I. Paragraph II, General Orders, No. 6, current series, is hereby revoked, and…
HEADQUARTERS C. 8S. ARMIES, March 29, 1865. Respectfully referred to General J. E. Johnston. The need of ammunition is as great as the need of men. _ It is necessary…