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46,149 lettersHEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, January 10, 1862. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U.S. Army, Washington, D. 0.: GENERAL: 1 have nothing special to add to what 1…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Sacramento, May 17, 1865. Respectfully forwarded to department headquarters, with recommendation that copy be furnished to the Congressional Committee appointed to inquire into Indian affairs on this coast.…
HEADQUARTERS SUB-DISTRICT OF NEVADA, Fort Churchill, May 9, 1865. LIEUTENANT: I have the honor to report for the information of the general commanding that settlers at Carson Lake and also…
DEPARTMENT ORDERS, ) HDQRS. HUMBOLDT MIL. DISTRICT, January 9, 1862. No. 1. Fort Humboldt, January 9, 1862. 1. In obedience to Department Special Orders, No. 233, Col. F. J. Lippitt,…
Sacramento Sacramento, March 30, 1865. CoLONEL: Inclosed herewith you will receive copies of the reports of Captains Wells and Wallace of their expeditions to Pyramid Lake and Walker Lake, with…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., January 9, 1862. Lieut. Col. R. E. DE Russy, Engineer Corps, San Francisco, Cal. : COLONEL: Desiring to address a communication to…
HEADQUARTERS, February 25, 1865. ‘Fort Bowie, Ariz. Ter., February 25, 1865. COLONEL: On the 17th instant the Apache Indians, to the number of about 100, attacked Fort Buchanan. They shot…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., January 9, 1862. His Excellency JOHN G. DOWNEY, Governor State of California, Sacramento, Cal. : DEAR SIR: On the eve of your…
HEADQUARTERS, February 13, 1865. Fort Boisé, Idaho Ter., February 13, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to report for the information of the commanding general that advices from the expedition…
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, January 9, 1862. January 9, 1862. His Excellency the GOVERNOR OF California, San Francisco: General Wright was authorized by the Secretary of War, December 2, subject…
HEADQUARTERS, October 12, 1864. Fort Boisé, Idaho Ter., October 12, 1864. SIR: I have the honor to forward herewith the reports of Lieutenant Hobart’s operations in the vicinity of Salmon…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, i San Francisco, January 9, 1862. Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. 0.: GENERAL: Nothing of importance has transpired within the department since my communication…
HEADQUARTERS, September 23, 1864. Fort Boisé, Idaho Ter., September 23, 1864. SIR: Letters to the 16th instant have been received from Lieutenant Hobart. He was then a few miles above…
HEADQUARTERS NINTH INFANTRY, San Francisco, January 8, 1862. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: I have received from your office General Orders of 1861…
HEADQUARTERS, August 19, 1864. Fort Boisé, Idaho Ter., August 19, 1864. SIR: As indicated in letter of 19th July, I left this post on the next day, relinquishing temporarily the…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., January 7, 1862. Col. GEORGE W. BOWIE, Fifth Regiment Infantry California Volunteers, Commanding Camp Union, Sacramento, Cal.: SIR: The department commander desires…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Oraig, N. Mex., September 19, 1864. Capt. B. ©. CUTLER, Assistant Adjutant-General, Santa Fé, N. Mex. : CAPTAIN: I have the honor to transmit my report of expedition…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, January 7, 1868. Hon. M. S. LATHAM, U. S. Senate, Washington, D. 0.: DEAR Str: I have recently submitted to the War Department…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, Portland, Oreg., September 13, 1864. Brigadier-General Alvord will take the necessary measures to keep a company in the district of country of which Canyon City…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., January 6, 1862. Maj. EDWARD McGarry, Second Cavalry California Vols., Comdg. Fort Seward, Cal. : Str: Lam directed by the general commanding…