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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIO, San Francisco, July 18, 1861. Lieut. Col. GEORGE A. H. BLAKE, First Regiment of Dragoons, U. S. Army, Commanding Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter. : SIR:…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 18, 1861. Bvt. Maj. JAMES H. CARLETON, First Dragoons, U. S. Army, Commanding Camp Fitzgerald, Los Angeles, Cal. : SIR: The general…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 16, 1861. Lieut. Col. GEORGE ANDREWS, Commanding Fort Yuma, Cal.: SIR: The security of your command and the position it now occupies…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, July 16, 1861. No. 128, } San Francisco, July 16, 1861. 1. The detachment of Company D, Sixth Infantry, posted in Round Valley,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 16, 1861. Capt. WILLIAM H. GARDNER, Commanding Navy-Yard, Mare Island, Cal.: CAPTAIN: I have received your letter of yesterday. I have sent…
Washington Washington, July 16, 1861. Lieut. Gen. WINFIELD SCOTT, Commanding the Army: GENERAL: In consequence of the order removing the troops from the Oregon route, urgent applications have been made…
Fort YUMA, CAL. Fort YUMA, CAL., July 15, 1861. MAJOR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt on the 13th instant of the communication dated June 23 from the…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, July 15, 1861. No. 20. f Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., July 15, 1861. II. First Lieut. P. H. Sheridan, Fourth Infantry, will relieve…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, July 15, 1861. No. 126, San Francisco, July 15, 1861. * * * * * * * Il. Under an exigency of the…
Mare Island Mare Island, July 15, 1861. Brig. Gen. E. V. SUMNER, Headquarters Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal. : SIR: Your communication of the 13th of July was…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 13, 1861. Capt. WILLIAM H. GARDNER, Commanding Navy-Yard, Mare Island, Cal.: CAPTAIN: I think with you that we must take care of…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 13, 1861. Messrs. BABCOCK & FORBES, Agents Pacific Mail Steamship Company, San Francisco, Cal. : GENTLEMEN: Having ascertained that there are no…
Mare Island Mare Island, July 10, 1861. Hon. IRA P. RANKIN, Collector of Customs, San Francisco, Cal. : SIR : Your communication of July 9 has been received, and in…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, July 11, 1861. No. 18. } Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., July 11, 1861. I. Capt. T. C. English, Ninth Infantry, with his company (H)…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 11, 1861. IRA P. RANKIN, Esq., U. S. Collector, Port of San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: I am inclined to think that it…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT*OF THE ‘PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 11, 1861. Capt. WILLIAM H. GARDNER, Commanding Navy-Yard, Mare Island, Cal. : _ CAPTAIN: I have received an order to act in concert…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 10, 1861. Messrs. FORBES & BABCOCK, Agents Pacific Mail Steamship Company, San Francisco, Cal.: GENTLEMEN: I am directed by the general commanding…
San Francisco San Francisco, July 10, 1861. General SUMNER, U.S. Army, Commanding Pacific Department, San Francisco: SIR: The president of the Pacific Mail Steamship Company has directed us to make…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., July 10, 1861. Commodore J. B. MONTGOMERY, or SENIOR NAVAL OFFICER, U. S. Navy, Panama: COMMODORE: I inclose a copy of a…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., July 10, 1861. Lieut. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of June…