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46,149 lettersHEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, October 17, 1861. Respectfully referred to the headquarters Department of the Pacific, for the consideration of the commanding general. B. L. BEALL, Colonel of…
THE DALLES, OREG. THE DALLES, OREG., October 8, 1861. Col. B. L. BEALL, U. S. Army, Commanding Military District, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter.: COLONEL: On my way to this place…
Los Angeles Los Angeles, October 8, 1861. Maj. R. C. Drum, Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco, Cal.: MAJOR: I have this day telegraphed you requesting that 40,000 rations of subsistence may…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, October 7, 1861. No. 43, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., October 7, 1861. I. In compliance with instructions received from the headquarters of the Department…
Los Angeles Los Angeles, October 7, 1861. Lieut. Col. G. ANDREWS, Sixth Infantry, Commanding Fort Yuma, Cal.: COLONEL: Herewith you will receive my orders assuming command of this district, and…
A Los Angeles A Los Angeles, October 7, 1861. _ MAJOR: Herewith inclosed you will receive copies of orders I have issued since my arrival at this place. In consequence…
Los Angeles Los Angeles, October 5, 1861. MAJOR: I arrived at this place last evening. The headquarters of the Fourth Infantry and troops which came down on the Senator will…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., October 4, 1861. Col. BENJAMIN L. BEALL, First Cavalry, Commanding District of Oregon : Sir: The general commanding the department desires you…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, October 2, 1861. Brigadier-General MANSFIELD, U. S. Army, Washington, D. O.: SIR: Instead of proceeding to the Pacific, as directed in Special Orders, No. 160,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, October 2, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. 8S. Army, Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. C.: COLONEL: I have received…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, October 1, 1861. Lieut. Col. GEORGE A. H. BLAKE, First Cavalry, U. S. Army, Comdg. Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter. : SIR: The general…
JENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, October 1, 1861. No. 22. San Francisco, October 1, 1861. reported at these headquarters, is announced as chief quartermaster on the department…
WAR DEPARTMENT, October 1, 1861. October 1, 1861. General E. V. SUMNER, Commanding Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal. : SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a…
WAR DEPARTMENT, October 1, 1861. October 1, 1861. Hon. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy: SIR: Your communication of the 21st ultimo, asking that General Sumner may be instructed to…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, September 30, 1861. No. 160. } Washington, September 30, 1861. 1. Brig. Gen. J. K. F. Mansfield, U. S. Army, is assigned to the…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, September 80, 1861. Col. GEORGE WRIGHT, Ninth Infantry, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal. : COLONEL: As you are about to assume the…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, September 30, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE WRIGHT, U.S. Army, Commanding, dec., San Francisco, Cal. : SIR: The General-in-Chief directs me to say that, according to…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, September 28, 1861. No. 182. San Francisco, September 28, 1861. 1. Capt. Edward O. C. Ord, Third Artillery, having been appointed brigadier-general…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, September 28, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, Washington : COLONEL: I have just received the commanding general’s dispatch countermanding the expedition…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, September 27, 1861. Col. BENJAMIN L. BEALL, First Cav., Comdg. Dist. of Oregon, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter.: COLONEL: From recent information received from…