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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., November 5, 1861. Brig. Gen. S. WILLIAMS, Troops in good condition. Cavalry regiment full. Infantry regiments filling up. Fifteen companies sent north.…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, November 4, 1861. No. 54. f Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., November 4, 1861. I. Company D, Third Artillery, will proceed by the steamer…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., November 4, 1861. MAJOR: I have the honor to report that Lieut. Col. H. Lee, Fourth Infantry California Volunteers, with Companies A,…
Los Angeles, Cal. Los Angeles, Cal., November 4, 1861. Maj. EDWIN A. RIGG, Commanding at Camp Wright, Cal. : MAJOR: I have received your note of the 28th ultimo. If…
FORT Yuma FORT Yuma, November 4, 1861. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, Los Angeles: DEAR COLONEL: An official communication herewith will inform you of our march and arrival here. I scarcely…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., November 2, 1861. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, California Vols., Comdg. Dist. of Southern California, Los Angeles, Cal.\: l SIR: I am directed…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, November 2, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE WRIGHT, San Francisco, Cal.: Send by telegram condition of your troops. Report by letter fully and frequently. GEO. B.…
Fort Hoskins, OREG. Fort Hoskins, OREG., November 1, 1861. Lieut. A. C. WILDRICK, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, District of Oregon: SIR: I have the honor to inform you that I shall…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., November 1, 1861. His Excellency JOHN WHITEAKER, ; Governor of Oregon, Salem, Oreg. : SIR: I have the honor to notify your…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., November 1, 1861. MAJOR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt by this morning’s mail of your letters of the 22d,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., November 1, 1861. Maj. CHARLES S. LOVELL, Tenth Infantry, Commanding Fort Seward, Oal.: SIR: The general commanding the department directs me to…
FORT CHURCHILL, NEV. TER. FORT CHURCHILL, NEV. TER., October 31, 1861. MAJOR: I have the honor to report the arrival of two companies of volunteers to relieve this command. No…
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., October 31, 1861. Col. P. E. CONNOR, Stockton, Cal.: Send the two companies for Gaston and Ter-Waw on Monday’s boat. They will sail from…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., October 31, 1861. Col. A. J. SMITH, Commanding Second Cavalry, Camp Alert, Cal.: SIR: The general commanding the department desires you to…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., October 31, 1861. COLONEL: I deem it my duty to submit to the General-in-Chief the condition of affairs in the Southern District…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, October 30, 1861. No. 205. y San Francisco, Cal., October 30, 1861. 1. The officers of the Regular Army appointed by the Governor…
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, October 30, 1861. No. 29. San Francisco, October 30, 1861. IV. Surg. Richard H. Coolidge, medical department, having reported at these headquarters…
Los Angeles, Cal. Los Angeles, Cal., October 29, 1861. Maj. EDWIN A. RIGG, Commanding at Camp Wright, near Warner’s Ranch, Cal. : MAJOR: I have applied for authority to move…
Los ANGELES, CAL. Los ANGELES, CAL., October 29, 1861. Capt. R. W. KIRKHAM, U. S. Army, Commissary of Subsistence, San Francisco, Cal. : Colonel Buchanan wants 12,000 rations pork and…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, October 29, 1861. No. 204. San: Francisco, October 29, 1861. 2. The troops in camp at San Pedro, Cal., will, upon the arrival…