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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, June 8, 1862. MAJOR: I have the honor to report that on the 26th ultimo I ordered a detachment from Company A, Second Infantry…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, June 8, 1862. MAJOR: I have the honor to report that on the 6th instant, at 4 p. m., the house or hotel at…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, August 31, 1862. JOLONEL: Inthe afternoon of the 15th instant I received information of a band of Indians having taken possession of a timbered…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, July 12, 1862. MAJOR: About two weeks since Loball’s ranch and the mail station on the Van Dusen River were attacked and destroyed by…
HEADQUARTERS CAMP BETHEL, Bethel Church, June 10, 1861. Sir: The enemy, thirty-five hundred strong, attacked us at our post, and after a very animated conflict of two hours and a…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 5, 1862. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: For the information of the War Department, I…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, April 7, 1862. MAJOR: The post of Captain Douglas (Second Infantry California Volunteers) is on the right bank of Redwood Creek, a mile or…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, April 1, 1862. MAJOR: On the evening of the 25th of March an express arrived from Areata reporting that the settlement at Angel’s ranch,…
HEADQUARTERS U. S. VOLUNTEERS, Grafton, W. Va., June 7, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that I arrived at Grafton on the evening of the 1st day of…
TEMECULA, CAL. TEMECULA, CAL., November 27, 1861. (Received 4 a. m.) Mr. CABLE: DEAR SIR: You will please deliver the inclosed letter to Mr. Sumner, the gentleman that came to…
MANASSAS JUNCTION, VA. MANASSAS JUNCTION, VA., June 1, 1861. Captain Marr was killed ; Colonel Ewell wounded in the shoulder, and one private badly in the right breast. The delay…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp near San Bernardino, Cal., October 7, 1861. Sir: The attention of the general commanding the department is respectfully called to such portions of the inclosed report as embrace…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF FREDERICKSBURG, Fredericksburg, Va., June 4, 1861. $m: I have the honor to state, for the information of the general commanding, that, since Saturday last, no attack has…
FORT HUMBOLDT, CAL. FORT HUMBOLDT, CAL., July 5, 1861. Maj. D. C. BUELL, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Dept. of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal. : SIR: I have the honor to…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter., February 18, 1861. MAJOR: I have the honor to forward, for the information of the general commanding the department, the accompanying reports. I dispatched…
DEPARTMENT OF ANNAPOLIS, Federal Hill, Baltimore, May 14, 1861. A detachment of the forces of the Federal Government under my command have occupied the city of Baltimore for the purpose,…
Cottage Grove, Oreg. Cottage Grove, Oreg., May 21, 1862. Hon. E. M. STANTON, Secretary of War, Washington City, D. C.: SIR : Your circular communication of the respective dates of…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., May 16, 1862. First Infantry Washington Territory Volunteers, COLONEL. I have written to Colonel Cornelius to report to you for special instructions…
Richmond, Va. Richmond, Va., May 11, 1861. Col. R. S. GARNETT, Adjutant-General Virginia Forces, Richmon4, Va.: Sir: In pursuance of Orders, No. 13, headquarters Virginia Forces, _but recently called to…
Richmond, Va. Richmond, Va., May 11, 1861. Col. WM. B. TALIAFERRO, Commanding, &c., Gloucester Point, Va.: It is very important that the battery at Gloucester Point be pushed forward as…