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46,149 lettersGENERAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF ARIZONA, NOIK Franklin, Tex., August 27, 1862. I. L. Captain Roberts’ company (E, First California Volunteer Infantry) and Captain Pishows company (D, First California…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, August 21, 1862. Santa Fé, N. Mex., August 21, 1862. Brig. Gen. JAMES H. CARLETON, Commanding District of Arizona, Fort Bliss, Tex.: GENERAL: The commanding…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, August 10, 1862. August 10, 1862. To the ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Washington, D. C.: General Carleton’s force in the Mesilla will be less by 700 men than…
Three and a half Miles above Fort Thorn Three and a half Miles above Fort Thorn, August 8, 1862. Brig. Gen. E. R. S. CANBY, Comdy. Department of New Mexico,…
Miembres River, Ariz. Miembres River, Ariz., August 6, 1862. Col. JOSEPH R. WEST, First California Volunteer Infantry, Commanding Camp: COLONEL: I have been credibly informed that there are some twenty…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF ANNAPOLIS, Fort McHenry, July 1, 1861. GENERAL: In pursuance of orders of the 24th ultimo, received from your department, I arrested, and now detain in custody of…
Tucson, Arig. Tucson, Arig., June 15, 1862. Brig. Gen. E. R. S. CANBY, U. S. Army, ee > Comdg. Department of New Mexico, Fort Craig, N. Mex.: GENERAL: I have…
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…
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…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, June 8, 1862. MAJOR: I have the honor to report that on the 6th instant, at 4 p. m., the house or hotel at…
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…
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…
HEADQUARTERS CAMP BETHEL, Bethel Church, June 10, 1861. Sir: The enemy, thirty-five hundred strong, attacked us at our post, and after a very animated conflict of two hours and a…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 5, 1862. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: For the information of the War Department, I…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, April 7, 1862. MAJOR: The post of Captain Douglas (Second Infantry California Volunteers) is on the right bank of Redwood Creek, a mile or…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, April 1, 1862. MAJOR: On the evening of the 25th of March an express arrived from Areata reporting that the settlement at Angel’s ranch,…
HEADQUARTERS U. S. VOLUNTEERS, Grafton, W. Va., June 7, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that I arrived at Grafton on the evening of the 1st day of…
TEMECULA, CAL. TEMECULA, CAL., November 27, 1861. (Received 4 a. m.) Mr. CABLE: DEAR SIR: You will please deliver the inclosed letter to Mr. Sumner, the gentleman that came to…
MANASSAS JUNCTION, VA. MANASSAS JUNCTION, VA., June 1, 1861. Captain Marr was killed ; Colonel Ewell wounded in the shoulder, and one private badly in the right breast. The delay…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp near San Bernardino, Cal., October 7, 1861. Sir: The attention of the general commanding the department is respectfully called to such portions of the inclosed report as embrace…