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Colonel Steinberger to W. M. Myles, August 16, 1862
ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS, August 16, 1862. No. 170. $ Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter., August 16, 1862. I. Lieut. J. T. Apperson, Company E, First Oregon Cavalry, with fifteen men…
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William H. Barnhart to J. Steinberger, August 4, 1862
UMATILLA INDIAN RESERVATION UMATILLA INDIAN RESERVATION, August 4, 1862. Col. J. STEINBERGER, U. S. Army, Commanding Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter.: COLONEL: I have respectfully to request that you will…
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Benjamin Alvord to Henry W. Halleck, August 26, 1862
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., August 26, 1862. SIR: I herewith transmit for the information of the general commanding the department a copy of the report, dated…
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Benjamin Alvord to Prairie, October 6, 1863
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., October 6, 1863. GENERAL: I have the honor to report for the information of the War Department the operations of the troops…
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Samuel Cooper to Army Officers, March 29, 1864
GENERAL ORDERS, ADJT. AND INSP. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 29, 1864. No. 40. Richmond, March 29, 1864. I. The enlistment of deserters is a serious evil in the service. The attention…
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R. C. Drum to Irvin McDowell, July 9, 1862
HEADQUARTERS OWEN’S RIVER EXPEDITION, Camp Independence, Owen’s River Valley, July 9, 1862. MAJOR: I have the honor to report to the general commanding the Department of the Pacific that […
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Geo. S. Evans to William Forry, July 5, 1862
HEADQUARTERS OWEN’S RIVER EXPEDITION, Camp Independence, Oak Creek, Owews River Valley, July 5, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to report to the colonel commanding at Camp Latham that I…
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B. Cutler to Captain McCleave, August 9, 1862
HEADQUARTERS FORT BOWIE, Apache Pass, Ariz. Ter., August 9, 1862. LIEUTENANT: I avail myself of the kindness of Captain McCleave, First Cavalry California Volunteers, to send report of affairs at…
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E. E. Eyre to R. C. Drum, May 14, 1862
HEADQUARTERS FORT BARRETT, Pima Villages, Ariz. Ter., May 14, 1862. MAJOR: I have the honor to inform you of the death of Second Lieut. James Barrett, late of the First…
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James H. Carleton to Joseph R. West, September 8, 1862
Jornada del Muerto, N. Mex. Jornada del Muerto, N. Mex., September 8, 1862. Col. JOSEPH R. WEST, Commanding District of Arizona, Mesilla, Ariz.: COLONEL: I met this morning some paroled…
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Unknown to James A. Seddon, March 15, 1864
RALEIGH RALEIGH, March 15, 1864. Hon. JAMES A. SEDDON, Secretary of War: Sir: I had the honor to receive this morning your letter of the 12th instant requesting me to…
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E. D. R. S. Canby, August 12, 1862
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, August 12, 1862. Santa Fé, N. Mex., August 12, 1862. Commanding Column from California, District of Arizona: GENERAL: Ihavejust received your communication of the Sth…
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E. D. R. S. Canby to James H. Carleton, August 11, 1862
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, August 11, 1862. Santa Fé, N. Mex., August 11, 1862. Brig. Gen. JAMES H. CARLETON, Commanding Column from California, District of Arizona: GENERAL: Atan early…
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Lorenzo Thomas to Respectfully forwarded. ' ELA l, March 22, 1862
GENERAL ORDERS, } WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 22, 1862. No, 29. f Washington, March 22, 1862. In the changes recently made in the boundaries of department commands it…
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James H. Carleton to E.R.S. Canby, June 11, 1862
Tucson, Ariz. Tucson, Ariz., June 11, 1862. General E. R. S. CANBY, U. S. Army, Commanding U. S. Forces in New Mexico: GENERAL: I had the honor to write you…
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Unknown to James P. Major, June 8, 1862
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, June 8, 1862. MAJOR: I have the honor to report that on the 26th ultimo I ordered a detachment from Company A, Second Infantry…
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Francis J. Lippitt to R. C. Drum, August 31, 1862
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, August 31, 1862. JOLONEL: Inthe afternoon of the 15th instant I received information of a band of Indians having taken possession of a timbered…
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Unknown to James P. Major, August 4, 1862
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, August 4, 1862. MAJOR: Minor’s is on the north side of Redwood Creek, on the trail from Arcata to Fort Gaston. Descending the river…
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Unknown to James P. Major, July 12, 1862
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, July 12, 1862. MAJOR: About two weeks since Loball’s ranch and the mail station on the Van Dusen River were attacked and destroyed by…
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Unknown to James P. Major, June 25, 1862
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRIOT, Fort Humboldt, June 25, 1862. MAJOR: By the official report* of Lieutenant Myers, Third California Volunteer Infantry, received June 12, I find that the three soldiers…