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46,149 lettersHEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., May 31, 1862. Col. JUSTUS STEINBERGER, First Infantry Washington Territory Volunteers, SIR: The general commanding the department approves your letter of instructions…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, May 31, 1862. Capt. THOMAS E. KETCHAM, Company A, Third Infty. California Vols., Comdg. Fort Baker : CAPTAIN: Your communication dated — is received.…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., May 31, 1862. Capt. E. A. ROWE, Second Cavalry California Vols., Aurora, Mono County, Cal. : SIR: Your very excellent report relative…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., May 31, 1862. Col. FERRIS FORMAN, Fourth Infantry California Volunteers, Commanding Camp Latham, near Los Angeles, Cal.: Str: The question of relative…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., May 30, 1862. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal. : SIR: I have the honor respectfully to report that, in…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, May 30, 1862. Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: Since I received instructions from your office to prepare a command for…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., May 30, 1862. Brig. Gen. LORENZO THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. X. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: Nothing of special interest has occurred in…
WAR DEPARTMENT, O. S. A., Richmond, Va., May 29, 1862. Col. JOHN R. BAYLOR, Governor of Arizona, Present: STR: You are authorized to raise five battalions of partisan rangers of…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, May 29, 1862. First Lieut. CHARLES G. HUBBARD, Second Infantry California Volunteers, LIEUTENANT: Upon arriving with the detachment under your command at Mattole Valley…
CARSON CITY, NEV. TER. CARSON CITY, NEV. TER., May 28, 1862. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to respectfully report that I received your communication of May 23, 1862, inclosing Special…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., May 28, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, First Infantry California Vols., Comdg. Column from California: Sir: In reply to your letter of…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., May 27, 1862. Col. JUSTUS STEINBERGER, First Infantry Washington Territory Volunteers, SIR: The general commanding the department directs me to say that…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., May 27, 1862. Col. FRANCIS J. LIPPITT, Second Infantry California Volunteers, Commanding District of Humboldt, Fort Humboldt, Cal.: SIR: The department commander…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., May 27, 1862. Capt. WILLIAM W. STUART, Second Infantry California Vols., Comdg. Fort Ter-Waw, Oal.: SIR: The general commanding the department desires…
Camp Halleck, Stockton, Cal. Camp Halleck, Stockton, Cal., May 27, 1862. Capt. R. W. KIRKHAM, Assistant Quartermaster and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., San Francisco: CAPTAIN: I have the honor to…
Fort Barrett, Pima Villages, Ariz. Ter. Fort Barrett, Pima Villages, Ariz. Ter., May 27, 1862. Commanding District of Southern California, Fort Yuma, Cal. : COLONEL: I find that when I…
Aurora, Mono County, Cal. Aurora, Mono County, Cal., May 26, 1862. Capt. R. W. KIRKHAM, Assistant Quartermaster and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., CAPTAIN: As I deem it an imperative duty…
Tucson, Ariz. Ter. Tucson, Ariz. Ter., May 26, 1862. Lieut. B. C. CUTLER, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, Column from California: I have the honor to report that in compliance with General…
Benicia Barracks Benicia Barracks, May 26, 1862. Capt. R. W. KIRKHAM, U.S. Army, Assistant Quartermaster and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General: Sir: I have the honor to report to the general commanding…
Port Townsend, Wash. Ter. Port Townsend, Wash. Ter., May 26, 1862. Brig. Gen. GEORGE WRIGHT, Commanding Department of the Pacific: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of…