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17,141 lettersCAMP ON LARRABEE CREEK CAMP ON LARRABEE CREEK, July 9, 1861. Capt. CHARLES S. LOVELL, Sixth Infantry, Commanding Fort Humboldt, Cal. : SIR: I have reported to the department commander…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ] WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL’S OFFICE, July 8, 1861. No. 181. Washington, July 8, 1861. * * * * * * * 6. Bvt. Capt. Richard C. Drum,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 6, 1861. Lieut. Col. GEORGE A. H. BLAKE, First Dragoons, U. S. Army, Comdg. Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter.: SIR: The general commanding…
LONG VALLEY LONG VALLEY, July 6, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters Department of the Pacific: Str: I have just returned from Round Valley, where I went yesterday to inspect a detachment…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 5, 1861. Hon. HENRY M. MCGILL, Acting Governor of Washington Territory, Olympia, Wash. Ter. : SIR: The general commanding the department directs…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter., July 5, 1861. MAJOR: I have the honor to report for the information of the general commanding the department, that Shokup, the head chief and…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, July 5, 1861. ‘ San Francisco, July 5, 1861. Bvt. Maj. JAMES H. CARLETON, Captain, First Dragoons, U. X. Army, Commanding Camp Fitzgerald, Los Angeles,…
CAMP SUMNER CAMP SUMNER, July 4, 1861. Capt. R. C. Drum, Assistant Adjutant-General, Hdqrs. Department of the Pacific: CAPTAIN: There are many rumors in circulation about the movement of troops.…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, July 3, 1861. Hon. JOHN G. HYATT, Whatcom, Wash. Ter.: SIR: Your communication of June 18, transmitting for the consideration of the general…
Fort BRAGG Fort BRAGG, July 3, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: I arrived at Fort Humboldt on the morning of the 25th ultimo…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, July 2, 1861. > San Francisco, Cal., July 2, 1861. Col. GEORGE WRIGHT, Ninth Regiment of Infantry, SIR: Captain Pickett, Ninth Infantry, having tendered his…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 29, 1861. Messrs. J. P. HAYNES and BENJAMIN F. DORRIS, Crescent City, Oal. : JENTLEMEN: I have the honor to acknowledge the…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 28, 1861. Maj. ALBEMARLE CADY, Sixth Infantry, U. S. Army, Commanding Fort Yuma, Cal.: Str: The general commanding the department has been…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIO, San Francisco, Cal., June 28, 1861. Bvt. Maj. JAMES H. CARLETON, Captain, First Regiment of Dragoons, Commanding Camp Fitzgerald, Los Angeles, Cal. : SIR: Your…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., June 27, 1861—9 a.m.. MAJOR: I have this moment received your telegraphic dispatch of the 21st instant. You will perceive by my…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 25, 1861. W. L. PARVIN, Esq., La Porte, Sierra County, Oal.: SIR: Your communication of the 4th instant having been laid before…
CRESCENT CITY CRESCENT CITY, June 24, 1861. Brig. Gen. E. V. SUMNER, Commanding Pacific Division, U. S. Army: DEAR SIR: In accordance with instructions we herewith transmit to you a…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Fitzgerald, near Los Angeles, Cal., June 23, 1861. Maj. D. ©. BUELL, U. S. Army, Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco, Cal.: MAJOR: Until I heard a rumor that the…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 22, 1861. Col. GEORGE WRIGHT, U.S. Army, Ninth Infantry, Commanding District of Oregon : SIR: Your orders and communication in pursuance of…
Fort TEJON Fort TEJON, June 21, 1861. Major CARLETON, Commanding : I want a sergeant and ten men here. The Indians are going to break out. The whites are giving…