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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, October 2, 1861. Brigadier-General MANSFIELD, U. S. Army, Washington, D. O.: SIR: Instead of proceeding to the Pacific, as directed in Special Orders, No. 160,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, October 2, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. 8S. Army, Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. C.: COLONEL: I have received…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, October 1, 1861. Lieut. Col. GEORGE A. H. BLAKE, First Cavalry, U. S. Army, Comdg. Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter. : SIR: The general…
JENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, October 1, 1861. No. 22. San Francisco, October 1, 1861. reported at these headquarters, is announced as chief quartermaster on the department…
WAR DEPARTMENT, October 1, 1861. October 1, 1861. General E. V. SUMNER, Commanding Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal. : SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith a…
WAR DEPARTMENT, October 1, 1861. October 1, 1861. Hon. GIDEON WELLES, Secretary of the Navy: SIR: Your communication of the 21st ultimo, asking that General Sumner may be instructed to…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, September 30, 1861. No. 160. } Washington, September 30, 1861. 1. Brig. Gen. J. K. F. Mansfield, U. S. Army, is assigned to the…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, September 80, 1861. Col. GEORGE WRIGHT, Ninth Infantry, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal. : COLONEL: As you are about to assume the…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, September 30, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE WRIGHT, U.S. Army, Commanding, dec., San Francisco, Cal. : SIR: The General-in-Chief directs me to say that, according to…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, September 28, 1861. No. 182. San Francisco, September 28, 1861. 1. Capt. Edward O. C. Ord, Third Artillery, having been appointed brigadier-general…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, September 28, 1861. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, Washington : COLONEL: I have just received the commanding general’s dispatch countermanding the expedition…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, September 27, 1861. Col. BENJAMIN L. BEALL, First Cav., Comdg. Dist. of Oregon, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter.: COLONEL: From recent information received from…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, September 27, 1861. His Excellency JOHN G. DOWNEY, Governor State of California, Sacramento City, Cal.: GOVERNOR: I have received yours of the 25th.…
ARLINGTON ARLINGTON, September 27, 1861. Hon. S. CAMERON, Secretary of War: I take the liberty to introduce Colonel Wallace, delegate from Washington Territory, with whom I was acquainted while on…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, September 25, 1861. No. 180. y San Francisco, September 25, 1861, * * * * * * * 2. The counties of…
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, Washington, September 24, 1861. Hon. B. F. HARDING, and R. F. MAURY, Esq., Of Oregon: GENTLEMEN: The War Department being convinced of the necessity of raising…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter., September 22, 1861. > 1 Capt. R. C. Drum, Asst, Adjt. Gen., Hdqrs. Dept. of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: I have the honor…
NORWICH, N. Y. NORWICH, N. Y., August 23, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, s Secretary of State: SIR: I received this day the inclosed from my son and have no…
SAN BERNARDINO, CAL. SAN BERNARDINO, CAL., July 29, 1861. Hon. WILLIAM H. SEWARD, Secretary of State, Washington, D. O.: Believing it to be the duty of every loyal citizen to…
NAvy DEPARTMENT NAvy DEPARTMENT, September 21, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War: SIR: In view of the exposed and defenseless condition of the powder magazine at the navy-yard, Mare…