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46,149 lettersHEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 12, 1861. Col. GEORGE WRIGHT, Ninth Infantry, U. S. Army, SIR: I have submitted to the department commander your communication of the…
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, June 11, 1861. No. 9. Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., June 11, 1861. I. Fort Cascades will be abandoned forthwith, and the public property…
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter. Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., June 11, 1861. MAJOR: Special Orders, No. 93, of 31st ultimo, reached me yesterday. My orders transmitted to you by this mail…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 19, 1861. The seizure of the arms as herein reported had the effect to check at once the action of the secessionists…
Fort CHURCHILL, NEV. Fort CHURCHILL, NEV., June 10, 1861. Maj. GEORGE A. H. BLAKE, First Dragoons, Commanding: MAJOR: I have the honor to report that, in accordance with your instructions…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Churchill, Nev., June 11, 1861. MAJOR: I would respectfully report that in carrying out your instructions by telegram of June 6, 1861, Captain Moore, assistant quartermaster, was directed…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 11, 1861. EDWIN A. SHERMAN, Esq., San Bernardino, Cal.: SIR: The general commanding the department has received your communication of the 3d…
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, June 10, 1861. No. 8. f Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., June 10, 1861. I. Captain Dent with his company (B, Ninth Infantry) will…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, No. T. Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., June 10, 1861. Company F, Fourth Infantry, will be moved without delay to Portland, Oreg., prepared to embark…
Fort BRAGG, CAL. Fort BRAGG, CAL., June 10, 1861. Seventh Infantry, Commanding Detachment in Field: Sir: Inclosed find copies of all the instructions received by me and which will govern…
HEADQUARTERS CAMP CARLETON, Near San Bernardino, Cal., February 19, 1862. Col. J. H. CARLETON, Commanding District of Southern California, Los Angeles: COLONEL: I inclose herewith a deposition made by Dr.…
HEADQUARTERS CAMP CARLETON, Near San Bernardino, February 19, 1862. Respecttully forwarded to the colonel commanding the District of Southern California, with the remark that the lives and property of the…
SAN BERNARDINO, CAL. SAN BERNARDINO, CAL., February 18, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, First Regiment California Volunteers, Commanding Southern District of California: SIR: The undersigned having reason to believe that…
WAR DEPARTMENT, June 8, 1861. June 8, 1861, Hon. W. H. SEWARD, Secretary of State: SIR: In accordance with your suggestion of the 4th instant the commander of the forces…
Los Angeles, Cal. Los Angeles, Cal., February 18, 1862. Maj. D. FERGUSSON, First Cavalry Califorma Volunteers, Commanding at Camp Carleton, near San Bernardino : MAJOR: The colonel commanding directs as…
Los Angeles, Cal. Los Angeles, Cal., February 18, 1862. Capt. JOHN KELLOGG, U. S. Army, Commissary of Subsistence, San Francisco, Cal. : CAPTAIN: You are aware that when the expedition…
SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO, June 7, 1861. Maj. GEoRGE A. H. BLAKE, Commanding Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter.: Has Captain Moore accomplished the object of his mission and returned? Do you…
Los Angeles, Cal. Los Angeles, Cal., February 18, 1862. Maj. R. C. Drum, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal.: MAJOR: I have the honor to ask that I…
HEADQUARTERS, February 16, 1862. > Fort Yuma, February 16, 1862. Lieut. Col. J. R. WEST, Camp Wright, Cal. : COLONEL: I have just time to say that Captain McCleave with…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, February 15, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, Commanding District of Southern California, Los Angeles, Cal. : COLONEL: Captain McCleave has just arrived from Camp Carleton by the…