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46,149 lettersFort BAKER, CAL. Fort BAKER, CAL., April 3, 1862. Lieut. JOHN HANNA, Jr., Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, Humboldt Military District: SIR: I deem it my duty to report to you that…
Los Angeles, Cal. Los Angeles, Cal., April 3, 1862. Lieut. Col. JOSEPH R. WEST, Commanding at Camp Wright, Cal.: SIR: The party guarding supplies at Carriso Creek must be made…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, April 2, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, Commanding Southern District, Los Angeles, Cal. : COLONEL: I have ordered Captain Calloway and his command forward to take possession…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, April 2, 1862. LIEUTENANT: I have the honor to report that the party sent out in pursuance with instructions received from district headquarters to cleanse and put…
San Francisco, Cal. San Francisco, Cal., April 1, 1862. Maj. R. ©. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, . Headquarters Department Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: Since my last communication,…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, April 1, 1862. Capt. D. B. AKEY, Commanding Fort Humboldt: CAPTAIN: The Indians in Humboldt County having commenced a destructive warfare upon the whiteinhabitants,…
Los Angeles, Cal. Los Angeles, Cal., April 1, 1862. Maj. EDWIN A. RIGG, Commanding at Fort Yuma, Cal.: MAJOR: Inclosed herewith you will find the copy of a letter written…
Los Angeles, Cal. Los Angeles, Cal., April 1, 1862. Lieut. Col. JOSEPH R. WEST, Commanding at Camp Wright, Cal. : Sir: As you will not take tents for your men…
Los Angeles, Cal. Los Angeles, Cal., April 1, 1862. Capt. R. W. KIRKHAM, Assistant Quartermaster, San Francisco, Cal. : CAPTAIN: If you will consider that the horses and mules now…
Los Angeles, Cal. Los Angeles, Cal., April 1, 1862. Maj. RICHARD C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal.: MAJOR: Inclosed herewith you will find letters and orders…
Camp Drum Camp Drum, March 31, 1862. Capt. JOHN C. CREMONY, Second Cavalry California Volunteers, Present: CAPTAIN: You will take five trusty cavalry soldiers and one six-mule team, with one…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., March 31, 1862. (Via Vancouver, Wash. Ter.) First Lieut. JOHN MULLAN, Second Artillery, U. S. Army, Commanding Walla Walla and Fort Benton…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, March 31, 1862. CAPTAIN: You are directed by the colonel commanding the district immediately upon the receipt of this to detail a discreet and…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., March 31, 1862. Maj. CHARLES MCDERMIT, Second Cav. California Vols., Comdg. Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter. : Sir: Your dispatch relative to the…
New San Pedro, Cal. New San Pedro, Cal., March 31, 1862. Lieut. Col. EDWARD E. EYRE, First Cavalry California Volunteers, Present: JOLONEL: You will receive fifty-one of the cavalry horses…
Los Angeles, Cal. Los Angeles, Cal., March 31, 1862. Lieut. Col. J. R. WEST, First Infty. California Vols., Comdg. at Camp Wright, Cal.: COLONEL: The colonel commanding the district directs…
Los Angeles, Cal. Los Angeles, Cal., March 31, 1862. Col. GEORGE W. BOWIE, Fifth Infantry California Volunteers, Comdg. at Camp Latham: COLONEL: The colonel commanding the district directs that yourself,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., March 31, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, First Infantry California Volunteers, SIR: The general commanding the department desires you to prepare a…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., March 31, 1862. Hon. WILLIAM P. DOLE, Commissioner of Indian Affairs, Washington City, D. C.: SIR: I have perused with great care…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, March 31, 1862. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. O. : GENERAL: As the spring opens we have as…