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W. H. Gardner to Ira P. Rankin, July 10, 1861
Mare Island Mare Island, July 10, 1861. Hon. IRA P. RANKIN, Collector of Customs, San Francisco, Cal. : SIR : Your communication of July 9 has been received, and in…
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Colonel Wright to John S. Mason, July 11, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, July 11, 1861. No. 18. } Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., July 11, 1861. I. Capt. T. C. English, Ninth Infantry, with his company (H)…
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Edwin V. Sumner to U. S. Collector, Port of San Francisco, Cal, July 11, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 11, 1861. IRA P. RANKIN, Esq., U. S. Collector, Port of San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: I am inclined to think that it…
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Edwin V. Sumner to William H. Gardner, July 11, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT*OF THE ‘PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 11, 1861. Capt. WILLIAM H. GARDNER, Commanding Navy-Yard, Mare Island, Cal. : _ CAPTAIN: I have received an order to act in concert…
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Richd. C. Drum to Messrs. Forbes Babcock, July 10, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 10, 1861. Messrs. FORBES & BABCOCK, Agents Pacific Mail Steamship Company, San Francisco, Cal.: GENTLEMEN: I am directed by the general commanding…
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Forbes Babcock to Edwin V. Sumner, July 10, 1861
San Francisco San Francisco, July 10, 1861. General SUMNER, U.S. Army, Commanding Pacific Department, San Francisco: SIR: The president of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company has directed us to make…
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Agency Pacific Mail Steamship Company to Panama, July 10, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., July 10, 1861. Commodore J. B. MONTGOMERY, or SENIOR NAVAL OFFICER, U. S. Navy, Panama: COMMODORE: I inclose a copy of a…
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Edwin V. Sumner to Edward D. Townsend, July 10, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., July 10, 1861. Lieut. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of June…
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Don Carlos Buell to Charles S. Lovell, July 9, 1861
CAMP ON LARRABEE CREEK CAMP ON LARRABEE CREEK, July 9, 1861. Capt. CHARLES S. LOVELL, Sixth Infantry, Commanding Fort Humboldt, Cal. : SIR: I have reported to the department commander…
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Lorenzo Thomas to Richard C. Drum, July 8, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, ] WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL’S OFFICE, July 8, 1861. No. 181. Washington, July 8, 1861. * * * * * * * 6. Bvt. Capt. Richard C. Drum,…
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Richd. C. Drum to George A. H. Blake, July 6, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 6, 1861. Lieut. Col. GEORGE A. H. BLAKE, First Dragoons, U. S. Army, Comdg. Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter.: SIR: The general commanding…
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D. C. Buell, July 6, 1861
LONG VALLEY LONG VALLEY, July 6, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters Department of the Pacific: Str: I have just returned from Round Valley, where I went yesterday to inspect a detachment…
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Rvol L, Pt I to Henry M. McGill, July 5, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 5, 1861. Hon. HENRY M. MCGILL, Acting Governor of Washington Territory, Olympia, Wash. Ter. : SIR: The general commanding the department directs…
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Geo. A. H. Blake, July 5, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter., July 5, 1861. MAJOR: I have the honor to report for the information of the general commanding the department, that Shokup, the head chief and…
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Richd. C. Drum to James H. Carleton, July 5, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, July 5, 1861. ‘ San Francisco, July 5, 1861. Bvt. Maj. JAMES H. CARLETON, Captain, First Dragoons, U. X. Army, Commanding Camp Fitzgerald, Los Angeles,…
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H. D. Wallen to R. C. Drum, July 4, 1861
CAMP SUMNER CAMP SUMNER, July 4, 1861. Capt. R. C. Drum, Assistant Adjutant-General, Hdqrs. Department of the Pacific: CAPTAIN: There are many rumors in circulation about the movement of troops.…
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Richd. C Drum to John G. Hyatt, July 3, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 3, 1861. Hon. JOHN G. HYATT, Whatcom, Wash. Ter.: SIR: Your communication of June 18, transmitting for the consideration of the general…
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D. C. Buell, July 3, 1861
Fort BRAGG Fort BRAGG, July 3, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: I arrived at Fort Humboldt on the morning of the 25th ultimo…
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Richd. C. Drum to George Wright, July 2, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, July 2, 1861. > San Francisco, Cal., July 2, 1861. Col. GEORGE WRIGHT, Ninth Regiment of Infantry, SIR: Captain Pickett, Ninth Infantry, having tendered his…
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Richd. C. Drum to Messrs. J. P. Haynes And Benjamin F. Dorris, June 29, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 29, 1861. Messrs. J. P. HAYNES and BENJAMIN F. DORRIS, Crescent City, CAL. : JENTLEMEN: I have the honor to acknowledge the…