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46,149 lettersHEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Oal., December 10, 1861. Col. J. H. CARLETON, First Infantry California Volunteers, SIR: Immediately on your return to the southern district the general…
CAMP ON RIO GRANDE CAMP ON RIO GRANDE, September 2, 1862. Lieut. BENJAMIN C. CUTLER, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, Franklin, Tex. : LIEUTENANT: I have the honor to state that, in…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, August 12, 1862. Santa Fé, N. Mex., August 12, 1862. Commanding Column from California, District of Arizona: GENERAL: Ihavejust received your communication of the Sth…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, August 11, 1862. Santa Fé, N. Mex., August 11, 1862. Brig. Gen. JAMES H. CARLETON, Commanding Column from California, District of Arizona: GENERAL: Atan early…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., December 10, 1861. GENERAL: For several weeks past small parties have been organizing in the Southern District of this State, with the…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, i San Francisco, December 10, 1861. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. K. Army, Washington, D. O.: GENERAL: The vast extent of this department renders…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., May 30, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, First Infty. California Vols., Comdg. Column from California: SIR: Inclosed I have the honor to…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Wright, Oak Grove, Cal., December 9, 1861. Lieut. B. C. CUTLER, First Infty. California Vols., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., SIR: Your letter of the 6th instant conveying orders…
Tucson, Ariz. Tucson, Ariz., June 17, 1862. Lieut. Col. EDWARD E. EYRE, First Cavalry California Volunteers, Present : COLONEL: It is important that a forced reconnaissance be made in advance…
Sacramento Sacramento, December 9, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE WRIGHT, U.S. Army, Commanding Pacific Division, San Francisco : SIR: I have the honor of calling your attention to the inclosed copies…
Fort Yuma, Cal. Fort Yuma, Cal., May 3, 1862. Col. E. R. S. CANBY, Commanding Department of New Mexico: COLONEL: Having no means of getting reliable information from you except…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, August 13, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of a communication received at these headquarters from Brigadier-General Carleton,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, December 9, 1861. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. O.: GENERAL: Inclosed herewith is a copy of a dispatch*…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., December 9, 1861. COMMANDING OFFICER, Camp at or near Oak Grove: SIR: The general commanding the department desires you to hold and…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, August 10, 1862. MAJOR: Major Curtis arrived here on the 7th instant with Companies Band O, Second Infantry California Volunteers. Company D had been…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, August 4, 1862. MAJOR: Minor’s is on the north side of Redwood Creek, on the trail from Arcata to Fort Gaston. Descending the river…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Oal., December 7, 1861. Lieut. Col. ALBEMARLE CADY, Seventh Regiment of Infantry, Comdg. District of Oregon, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter.: SIR: On the…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRIOT, Fort Humboldt, June 25, 1862. MAJOR: By the official report* of Lieutenant Myers, Third California Volunteer Infantry, received June 12, I find that the three soldiers…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, December 7, 1861. No. 229, San Francisco, Qal., December 7, 1861. * * * * * * * 2. Captain DeMerritt’s company, Second…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, May 20, 1862. MAJOR: The following is a summary of my operations against the Indians in my district since my last dispatch in April…