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17,141 lettersNew San Pedro, Cal. New San Pedro, Cal., January 15, 1862. Lieut. Col. E. E. EYRE, First Cavalry California Volunteers, Camp Latham: COLONEL: I have received news from Major Fergusson,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, January 15, 1861. Col. G. WRIGHT, Ninth Infantry, U. S. Army, COLONEL: By direction of Brigadier-General Johnston I transmit the order* by which…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Ter-Waw, January 14, 1862. Maj. R. C. Drum, Assistant Adjutant-General : SIR: Your communication of January 9 came duly to hand on the 13th instant. This post is…
New San Pedro, Cal. New San Pedro, Cal., January 13, 1862. Lieut. Col. E. E. EYRE, First Cavalry California Volunteers, Camp Latham: On the 16th instant you willreturn to your…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., January 3, 1861. His Excellency JOHN WHITEAKER, Governor of Oregon, Salem, Oreg. : SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt…
HEADQUARTERS SELVIE’S RIVER EXPEDITION, Camp Wright, Oreg., September 24, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to make the following report of an engagement between twelve men under my command and…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., January 11, 1862. His Excellency LELAND STANFORD, Governor State of California, Sacramento City, Cal.: Str: In view of the possibility of our…
HEADQUARTERS SUB-DISTRICT OF BOISE, August 11, 1865. Fort Boisé, August 11, 1865. ACTING ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters District of Oregon, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter. : SIR: I have the honor to…
Camp Sigel, Placer County, Cal. Camp Sigel, Placer County, Cal., January 10, 1862. MAJOR: On Tuesday, the 7th instant, I dispatched two companies (F and H) of my regiment to…
HEADQUARTERS SUB-DISTRICT OF BOISE, July 18, 1865. Fort Boisé, Idaho Ter., July 18, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to inclose herewith, for the information of the colonel commanding the…
Washington Washington, January 10, 1862. Maj. Gen. D. HUNTER, U. S. Army, Commanding Department of Kansas, Fort Leavenworth : The Secretary of War says order Brigadier-General Denver, volunteer service, to…
HEADQUARTERS SUB-DISTRICT OF NEVADA, June 15, 1865. Camp No. 15, June 15, 1865. LIEUTENANT: For the information of the general commanding I would respectfully report to district headquarters that I…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, January 10, 1862. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U.S. Army, Washington, D. 0.: GENERAL: 1 have nothing special to add to what 1…
BRIGADE HEADQUARTERS, Sacramento, May 17, 1865. Respectfully forwarded to department headquarters, with recommendation that copy be furnished to the Congressional Committee appointed to inquire into Indian affairs on this coast.…
HEADQUARTERS SUB-DISTRICT OF NEVADA, Fort Churchill, May 9, 1865. LIEUTENANT: I have the honor to report for the information of the general commanding that settlers at Carson Lake and also…
DEPARTMENT ORDERS, ) HDQRS. HUMBOLDT MIL. DISTRICT, January 9, 1862. No. 1. Fort Humboldt, January 9, 1862. 1. In obedience to Department Special Orders, No. 233, Col. F. J. Lippitt,…
Sacramento Sacramento, March 30, 1865. CoLONEL: Inclosed herewith you will receive copies of the reports of Captains Wells and Wallace of their expeditions to Pyramid Lake and Walker Lake, with…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., January 9, 1862. Lieut. Col. R. E. DE Russy, Engineer Corps, San Francisco, Cal. : COLONEL: Desiring to address a communication to…
HEADQUARTERS, February 25, 1865. ‘Fort Bowie, Ariz. Ter., February 25, 1865. COLONEL: On the 17th instant the Apache Indians, to the number of about 100, attacked Fort Buchanan. They shot…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., January 9, 1862. His Excellency JOHN G. DOWNEY, Governor State of California, Sacramento, Cal. : DEAR SIR: On the eve of your…