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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, August 31, 1861. IRA P. RANKIN, Esq., Collector of the Port, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: The general commanding the department desires me to…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Fitzgerald, Cal., August 30, 1861. Capt. R. C. Drum, Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco : CAPTAIN: My letter of August 24 will explain what kind of sheds have been…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp near San Bernardino, Oal., August 30, 1861. Capt. J. W. DAVIDSON, or COMMANDING OFFICER CAMP FITZGERALD, fl Near Los Angeles, Cal.: SIR: It has been reported to me…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp near San Bernardino, Cal., August 30, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, U.S. Army, Headquarters Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal. : SIR: From information this day received I have…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., August 30, 1861. Lieut. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General: COLONEL: I have received the General-in-Chief’s dispatch, informing me that I am…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., August 29, 1861. CAPTAIN: I have received your communication of the 20th instant. The excitement in relation to our Indian affairs at…
HEADQUARTERS, Benicia Barracks, Cal., August 29, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal. : Str: In compliance with your order of yesterday and that of to-day from…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, August 28, 1861. ` San Francisco, August 28, 1861, Col. Washington SEAWELL, Sixth Regiment of Infantry, Comdy. Benicia Barracks, Cal. : SIR: The general commanding…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIO, San Francisco, August 28, 1861. Capt. WILLIAM H. GARDNER, Commanding Navy-Yard, Mare Island, Cal. : CAPTAIN: I have received your letter of yesterday.* You are…
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., August 28, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War: DEAR SIR: Since the arrival of the pony express, with Washington dates of August 16,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, August 27, 1861. Ninth Infty., Comdg. Dist. of Oregon, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter. : SIR: The general commanding the department desires that fifteen…
PIMA VILLAGES PIMA VILLAGES, August 23, 1861. Lieut. Col. GEORGE ANDREWS, Sixth Infantry, Commanding Fort Yuma: SIR: Inclosed please find Mesilla papers, containing full accounts of the proceedings of the…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, August 27, 1861. His Excellency J. G. DOWNEY, Governor of California, Sacramento: GOVERNOR: I regret very much that you do not find it…
ForT CASCADES, WASH. TER. ForT CASCADES, WASH. TER., August 25, 1861. Capt. H. M. BLACK, Commanding Troops, Fort Cascades, Wash. Ter.: CAPTAIN: I have the honor to report that in…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Oal., August 26, 1861. SIR: The general commanding the department desires you, in turning over the command of the District of Oregon to…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, August 26, 1861. Col. GEORGE WRIGHT, Commanding District of Oregon: On the arrival of Col. B. L. Beall, turn over your command to…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, August 26, 1861. Capt. WILLIAM H. GARDNER, U. S. Navy, Commanding Mare Island, Cal.: CAPTAIN: I have been informed that there are several…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., August 24, 1861. Ninth Infantry, Comdg. U. S. Troops at Cascades, Wash. Ter.: CAPTAIN: I have received your reports of yesterday. Make…
Los ANGELES Los ANGELES, August 24, 1861. Capt. J. W. DAVIDSON, First Dragoons, U. S. Army: CAPTAIN: The members of the home guard will convene at their armory this evening…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Fitegerald, Cal., August 24, 1861. Capt. R. C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco: CAPTAIN: I report that I have changed the position of my camp (no farther from…