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46,149 lettersHEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, April 23, 1862. CLINTON WOODFORD, Secretary of a Public Meeting held at Trinidad : SIR: Before answering your letter of the 11th instant, transmitting…
HEADQUARTERS CAMP DRUM, Near New San Pedro, Cal., April 24, 1862. Capt. R. W. KIRKHAM, Assistant Quartermaster and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., Headquarters Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.:…
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, April 23, 1862. No. 17. f San Francisco, Cal., April 23, 1862. The general commanding this department having been appealed to by…
Camp Wright, Cal. Camp Wright, Cal., April 22, 1862. Maj. E. A. RIGG, First Infantry California Vols., Comdg. Fort Yuma, Cal.: MAJOR: Since writing to you yesterday circumstances have rendered…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, April 21, 1862. Captain KETCHAM, Third Infantry California Volunteers: A band of hostile Indians is reported to me in a communication,* of which a…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., April 21, 1862. Col. FRANCIS J. LIPPITT, Commanding District of Humboldt: COLONEL: Your telegram of the 20th instant is received and submitted…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., April 21, 1862. Col. THOMAS R. CORNELIUS, COLONEL: Your letter of the 15th [14th] instant, with inclosures, is received and submitted to…
Camp Wright, Cal. Camp Wright, Cal., April 21, 1862. Maj. E. A. RIGG, First Infantry California Vols., Comdy. at Fort Yuma, Cal.: MAJOR: Captain Shirland with his company of cavalry…
Camp Wright, Oak Grove Camp Wright, Oak Grove, April 21, 1862. First Cavalry California Volunteers, Supposed to be Commanding at Camp Drum, Cal.: MAJOR: In case you have not left…
Camp Wright, Cal. Camp Wright, Cal., April 21, 1862. Capt. Moses A. MCLAUGHLIN, Second Cavalry California Volunteers: CAPTAIN: The colonel commanding directs that immediately upon your return to Temecula from…
Camp near Camp Wright, Cal. Camp near Camp Wright, Cal., April 21, 1862. Capt. R. W. KIRKHAM, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco, Cal. : CAPTAIN: Owing to the ill health…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, April 21, 1862. No. 66. y San Francisco, Cal., April 21, 1862, * * * * * * * 4, The two companies…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, April 20, 1862. No. 46. f Fort Humboldt, April 20, 1862. Lieutenant-Colonel Olney with Companies H and I, Second Infantry California Volunteers, will…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, April 19, 1862. ©. A. MuRDOCK, Esq., Arcata, Humboldt County, Cal. : SIR: I have received your communication of the 9th instant, with…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., April 19, 1862. Col. FERRIS FORMAN, Fourth Regiment California Volunteers, Commanding Camp Union, Sacramento, Cal.: COLONEL: I am directed by the general…
Near Temecula, Cal. Near Temecula, Cal., April 19, 1862. Col. G. W. BOWIE, Fifth Infty. California Vols., Comdg. at Camp Wright, Cal.: COLONEL: Thecolonelcommanding directs that Captain Thayer’s company, Fifth…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., April 19, 1862. HENRY D. BARROWS, U. S. Marshal, Southern Dist. of California, Los Angeles, Cal.: SIR: Your communication of the 10th…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., April 19, 1862. Brig. Gen. LORENZO THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: Colonel Carleton is on his march. I…
Mazatlan Mazatlan, April 18, 1862. General WRIGHT, Commanding Army of the Pacific, San Francisco : SIR: I received on the 20th ultimo from Chihuahua, from a reliable private correspondent, a…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIO, San Francisco, April 18, 1862. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: After a conference with Governor Nye, I have…