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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, May 29, 1862. First Lieut. CHARLES G. HUBBARD, Second Infantry California Volunteers, LIEUTENANT: Upon arriving with the detachment under your command at Mattole Valley…
CARSON CITY, NEV. TER. CARSON CITY, NEV. TER., May 28, 1862. CAPTAIN: I have the honor to respectfully report that I received your communication of May 23, 1862, inclosing Special…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., May 28, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, First Infantry California Vols., Comdg. Column from California: Sir: In reply to your letter of…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., May 27, 1862. Col. JUSTUS STEINBERGER, First Infantry Washington Territory Volunteers, SIR: The general commanding the department directs me to say that…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., May 27, 1862. Col. FRANCIS J. LIPPITT, Second Infantry California Volunteers, Commanding District of Humboldt, Fort Humboldt, Cal.: SIR: The department commander…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., May 27, 1862. Capt. WILLIAM W. STUART, Second Infantry California Vols., Comdg. Fort Ter-Waw, Oal.: SIR: The general commanding the department desires…
Camp Halleck, Stockton, Cal. Camp Halleck, Stockton, Cal., May 27, 1862. Capt. R. W. KIRKHAM, Assistant Quartermaster and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., San Francisco: CAPTAIN: I have the honor to…
Fort Barrett, Pima Villages, Ariz. Ter. Fort Barrett, Pima Villages, Ariz. Ter., May 27, 1862. Commanding District of Southern California, Fort Yuma, Cal. : COLONEL: I find that when I…
Aurora, Mono County, Cal. Aurora, Mono County, Cal., May 26, 1862. Capt. R. W. KIRKHAM, Assistant Quartermaster and Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., CAPTAIN: As I deem it an imperative duty…
Tucson, Ariz. Ter. Tucson, Ariz. Ter., May 26, 1862. Lieut. B. C. CUTLER, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, Column from California: I have the honor to report that in compliance with General…
Benicia Barracks Benicia Barracks, May 26, 1862. Capt. R. W. KIRKHAM, U.S. Army, Assistant Quartermaster and Acting Assistant Adjutant-General: Sir: I have the honor to report to the general commanding…
Port Townsend, Wash. Ter. Port Townsend, Wash. Ter., May 26, 1862. Brig. Gen. GEORGE WRIGHT, Commanding Department of the Pacific: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of…
Fort Barrett, Pima Villages, Ariz. Ter. Fort Barrett, Pima Villages, Ariz. Ter., May 25, 1862. Lieut. Col. E. E. EYRE, First Cavalry California Volunteers, Fort Barrett, Pima Villages, Ariz. Ter.:…
Fort Barrett, Pima Villages, Ariz. Ter. Fort Barrett, Pima Villages, Ariz. Ter., May 25, 1862. Col. GEORGE W. BOWIE, Fifth Infantry California Volunteers, COLONEL: Please order Major Rigg, First Infantry…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., May 24, 1862. GEORGE M. HANSON, Esq., Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Northern District of California, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: I have received…
Fort Barrett, Pima Villages, Ariz. Ter. Fort Barrett, Pima Villages, Ariz. Ter., May 24, 1862. Maj. RICHARD O. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal. : MAJOR: I…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., May 23, 1862. (Via Carson City, Nev. Ter.) Capt. GEORGE F. PRICE, CAPTAIN: Your letter of the 18th instant from Carson City…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, May 23, 1862. : . San Francisco, Cal., May 23, 1862. Brig. Gen. LORENZO THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: Inclosed herewith…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., May 22, 1862. GEORGE M. HANSON, Esq., Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Northern District of California, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: I have this…
Gila Bend, Ariz. Ter. Gila Bend, Ariz. Ter., May 22, 1862. Col. GEORGE W. BOWIE, Fifth Infantry California Volunteers, COLONEL: The colonel commanding the Column from California directs me to…