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17,141 lettersLos Angeles, Cal. Los Angeles, Cal., December 13, 1861. Lieut. Col. EDWARD E. EYRE, First Cavalry California Volunteers: COLONEL: You will proceed without delay to San Bernardino, and from the…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIO, San Francisco, September 29, 1862. Respectfully referred to Colonel Babbitt and Captain Kellogg, who will see that the troops at Owen’s River and Visalia are…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Wright, Cal., December 12, 1861. {Capt. EMIL FRITZ:] CAPTAIN: I have just received your letter of yesterday in regard to the threatened attack on this camp. We are…
Camp Latham, near Los Angeles, Cal. Camp Latham, near Los Angeles, Cal., December 11, 1861. Capt. EMIL FRITZ, Commanding Camp Carleton, near San Bernardino : SIR: Yours of the 10th…
Camp Latham Camp Latham, July 14, 1862. Maj. R. C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General: MAJOR: I have the honor to inclose a copy of a report of LieutenantColonel Evans in relation…
Camp Latham, near Los Angeles Camp Latham, near Los Angeles, December 12, 1861. Maj. R. C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco, Cal. : =- MAJOR: I have the honor to…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, December 12, 1861. No. 233. San Francisco, Cal., December 12, 1861. The counties of Sonoma, Napa, Mendocino, Trinity, Humboldt, Klamath, and Del Norte,…
Albuquerque, N. Mex. Albuquerque, N. Mex., September 14, 1862. Col. JOSEPH R. WEST, Commanding District of Arizona, Mesilla, Ariz.: COLONEL: It is presumed, from advices lately received from Maj. David…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., December 12, 1861. Col. RENÉ E. DE Russy, Chief Engineer Pacific Coast, San Francisco, Cal. : COLONEL: In view of the possibility…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., December 11, 1861. MAJOR: Companies C and E, First Cavalry, under the command of Captain Magruder, will leave this place this evening…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, December 10, 1861. No. 231. San Francisco, Cal., December 10, 1861. * * * * * * * 2. Having complied with orders…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, August 21, 1862. Santa Fé, N. Mex., August 21, 1862. Commanding District of Arizona, Fort Bliss, Tex.: GENERAL: The commanding general desires that you will…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Oal., December 10, 1861. Col. J. H. CARLETON, First Infantry California Volunteers, SIR: Immediately on your return to the southern district the general…
CAMP ON RIO GRANDE CAMP ON RIO GRANDE, September 2, 1862. Lieut. BENJAMIN C. CUTLER, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, Franklin, Tex. : LIEUTENANT: I have the honor to state that, in…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, August 12, 1862. Santa Fé, N. Mex., August 12, 1862. Commanding Column from California, District of Arizona: GENERAL: Ihavejust received your communication of the Sth…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF NEW MEXICO, August 11, 1862. Santa Fé, N. Mex., August 11, 1862. Brig. Gen. JAMES H. CARLETON, Commanding Column from California, District of Arizona: GENERAL: Atan early…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., December 10, 1861. GENERAL: For several weeks past small parties have been organizing in the Southern District of this State, with the…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, i San Francisco, December 10, 1861. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. K. Army, Washington, D. O.: GENERAL: The vast extent of this department renders…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., May 30, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, First Infty. California Vols., Comdg. Column from California: SIR: Inclosed I have the honor to…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Wright, Oak Grove, Cal., December 9, 1861. Lieut. B. C. CUTLER, First Infty. California Vols., Actg. Asst. Adjt. Gen., SIR: Your letter of the 6th instant conveying orders…