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Edwin V. Sumner to Don C. Buell, June 8, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, June 8, 1861. No. 98. San Francisco, June 8, 1861. * * * * * * * 3. Captain Ord’s battery, Third Artillery,…
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Don Carlos Buell to George Wright, June 7, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 7, 1861. Col. GEORGE WRIGHT, Ninth Infty., Comdg. Dist. of Oregon, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter.: SIR: Under anticipated exigencies the general commanding…
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D.c Buell to Judge GORDON N. Mort, June 7, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 7, 1861. Judge GORDON N. Mort, Associate Justice of the Territory of Nevada, Marysville, Cal. : SIR: The general commanding the department…
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Edwin V. Sumner to of California, June 7, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., June 7, 1861. His Excellency J. G. DOWNEY, l Governor of California, Sacramento, Cal. : SIR: I have been informed of the…
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Edwin V. Sumner to U. S. Collector, June 6, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 6, 1861. IRA P. RANKIN, Esq., U. S. Collector, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: In a conversation yesterday with Doctor Rabe, U. S.…
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Don Carlos Buell to Governor of Washington Territory, June 5, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 5, 1861. SIR: The general commanding the department has received your communication of the 23d ultimo, requesting that a supply of arms…
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Jno. A. Collins to Corresponding Secretary Committee of Safety, May 25, 1861
[Inclosure.] May 25, 1861. May 25, 1861. BRIGGsS, Esq.: As an American citizen 1 deem it my duty to warn my countrymen and the lovers of this glorious Union and…
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Geo. A. H. Blake to Don Carlos Buell, June 5, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter., June 5, 1861—12 p. m.. Maj. DoN CARLOS BUELL, Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco, Cal. : MAJOR: A committee of gentlemen from Virginia City have just…
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E.D. Townsend to Edwin V. Sumner, June 5, 1861
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, AASA Washington, June 5, 1861. 3rigadier-General SUMNER, U. S. Army, Commanding the Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: The General-in-Chief directs that you act…
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G. Wright, June 4, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., June 4, 1861. MAJOR: I deem it my duty to invite the early attention of the general commanding the department to the…
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Ees" " William H. Seward to Simon Cameron, June 4, 1861
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, June 4, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War: SIR: I have the honor to communicate a copy of a letter of the 3d instant, addressed…
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Edwin A. Sherman to Edwin V. Sumner, June 3, 1861
SAN BERNARDINO SAN BERNARDINO, June 3, 1861. General E. V. Sumner, U. S. Army, Commander of the Pacific Division: DEAR SIR: I beg to be excused for my presumption in…
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Winfield Scott to H. L. Scott, June 3, 1861
HEADQUARTERS HEADQUARTERS, June 3, 1861. Col. H. L. Scott, U. S. Army, New York: Concert with Col. William B. Franklin, Brevoort House, and Colonel Tompkins, quartermaster, to arrest General A.…
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John S. Mason to Tehama House, June 1, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., June 1, 1861. COMMANDING OFFICER, Fort Dalles, Oreg.: SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the…
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Edward Dillon to Don Carlos Buell, May 31, 1861
ForT BRAGG, CAL. ForT BRAGG, CAL., May 31, 1861. Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal. : SIR: I have the honor to transmit, by direction of Captain Lovell,…
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Don Carlos Buell to Maj. G. O. Haller, May 30, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, May 30, 1861. Bvt. Maj. G. O. HALLER, Captain, Fourth Infantry, Commanding San Diego, Cal.: SIR: Orders have been given for sending to…
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Robt. C. Buchanan, May 29, 1861
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH INFANTRY, Fort Dalles, Oreg., May 29, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: The present would seem to be not an inappropriate time to…
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Don Carlos Buell to Pablo de la Guerra, May 29, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, May 29, 1861. Hon. PABLO DE LA GUERRA, JAMES L. ORD, Esq., and others, Santa Barbara, Cal.: GENTLEMEN: The general commanding the department…
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Colonel Wright to John S. Mason, May 28, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, May 28, 1861. No. 6. f Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., May 28, 1861. 1. Company E, Ninth Infantry, is transferred from Fort Walla…
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Edwin V. Sumner to Don Carlos Buell, May 28, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, May 28, 1861. No: 91. ‘ San francisco, May 28, 1861. 1. The detachment now at Honey Lake, from Captain Lendrum’s company…