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17,141 lettersSPECIAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 23, 1861. No. 86. Washington, March 23, 1861. Brigadier-General Sumner will, without delay, repair to San Francisco and relieve Brevet Brigadier-General Johnston…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, March 23, 1861. No. 37. y : San Francisco, March 23, 1861. ment at Fort Dalles and take command. By order of Brigadier-General…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, March 1, 1861. Second Lieut. D. McM. GREGG, First Dragoons, Comdg. at Warm Springs Reservation, Oreg.: SIR: Your letter of February 12 has…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, January 19, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, Commanding California Volunteers, Los Angeles, Cal.: COLONEL: I received your communication dated January 8 last evening, and take advantage of…
NEw SAN DIEGO, CAL. NEw SAN DIEGO, CAL., March 21, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to state that having heard on the morning of the 17th instant that Señor…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, January 12, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, Commanding California Volunteers, Los Angeles, Cal. : COLONEL: This afternoon an Indian came up from the mouth with letters from…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, March 16, 1861. Capt. JOHN ADAMS, First Dragoons, U. S. Army, Commanding Fort Crook, Cal. : SIR: Your letter of March 7 has…
QUITOLAQUITO QUITOLAQUITO, January 9, 1862. DEAR SIR: I have delayed this long in writing to you, as I have nothing reliable to communicate. Your letter to Mr. Warner I have…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, March 12, 1861. His Excellency JoHN G. DOWNEY, Governor of California, Sacramento, Cal. : SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt…
FORT YUMA FORT YUMA, January 13, 1862. Maj. E. A. RIGG, Commanding Fort Yuma: SIR: Pursuant to special instructions dated at Fort Yuma, January 10, 1862, I proceeded, accompanied by…
Fort YuMA Fort YuMA, January 15, 1862. COLONEL: I forward the express, as directed by you, upon receipt of intelligence of the barley which was shipped from San Francisco to…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., March 5, 1861. Maj. WILLIAM S. KETCHUM, Fourth Infantry, Commanding Fort Dalles, Oreg. : MAJOR: The superintendent of Indian affairs fears an…
New San Pedro New San Pedro, January 26, 1862. MAJOR: I have the honor to inclose certified copies of the following documents: No. 1, letter from Maj. H. A. Rigg,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, March 2, 1861. EDWARD R. GEARY, Esq., Superintendent of Indian Affairs, Portland, Oreg. : SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt…
New San Pedro, Cal. New San Pedro, Cal., January 24, 1862. Lieut. Col. E. E, EYRE, First Cavalry California Volunteers, Commanding Camp Carleton, San Bernardino, Cal.: I have your letter…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, February 26, 1861. Lieut. Col. O. S. MERCHANT, Commanding Third Artillery and Fort at Fort Point, Cal.: CoLONEL: Brigadier-General Johnston directs me to…
New San Pedro, Cal. New San Pedro, Cal., January 24, 1862. Lieut. Col. E. E. EYRE, First Cavalry California Vols., Comdg. Camp Carleton : I have your two communications of…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, February 20, 1861. Secretary of Washington Territory, Olympia, Wash. Ter.: SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your communication of…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, January 23, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, Commanding Southern District, Los Angeles, Cal. : COLONEL: I have the honor to report to you that Fort Yuma is…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, February 20, 1861. Japt. J. STEWART, Third Artillery, Commanding Alcatraz Island, Cal.: Sir: Brigadier-General Johnston directs me to say that he expects and…