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17,141 lettersTucson, Ariz. Tucson, Ariz., June 17, 1862. Lieut. Col. EDWARD E. EYRE, First Cavalry California Volunteers, Present : COLONEL: It is important that a forced reconnaissance be made in advance…
Sacramento Sacramento, December 9, 1861. Brig. Gen. GEORGE WRIGHT, U.S. Army, Commanding Pacific Division, San Francisco : SIR: I have the honor of calling your attention to the inclosed copies…
Fort Yuma, Cal. Fort Yuma, Cal., May 3, 1862. Col. E. R. S. CANBY, Commanding Department of New Mexico: COLONEL: Having no means of getting reliable information from you except…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, August 13, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of a communication received at these headquarters from Brigadier-General Carleton,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, December 9, 1861. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. O.: GENERAL: Inclosed herewith is a copy of a dispatch*…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., December 9, 1861. COMMANDING OFFICER, Camp at or near Oak Grove: SIR: The general commanding the department desires you to hold and…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, August 10, 1862. MAJOR: Major Curtis arrived here on the 7th instant with Companies Band O, Second Infantry California Volunteers. Company D had been…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, August 4, 1862. MAJOR: Minor’s is on the north side of Redwood Creek, on the trail from Arcata to Fort Gaston. Descending the river…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Oal., December 7, 1861. Lieut. Col. ALBEMARLE CADY, Seventh Regiment of Infantry, Comdg. District of Oregon, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter.: SIR: On the…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRIOT, Fort Humboldt, June 25, 1862. MAJOR: By the official report* of Lieutenant Myers, Third California Volunteer Infantry, received June 12, I find that the three soldiers…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, December 7, 1861. No. 229, San Francisco, Qal., December 7, 1861. * * * * * * * 2. Captain DeMerritt’s company, Second…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, May 20, 1862. MAJOR: The following is a summary of my operations against the Indians in my district since my last dispatch in April…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., December 7, 1861. ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters of the Army, Washington: Str: I have made satisfactory arrangements for protection of Overland Mail Route without…
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, April 7, 1862. MAJOR: The post of Captain Douglas (Second Infantry California Volunteers) is on the right bank of Redwood Creek, a mile or…
FORT AT Fort POINT, CAL. FORT AT Fort POINT, CAL., December 6, 1861. Maj. R. ©. DRUM, U.S. Army, Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco, Cal. : MAJOR: Pursuant to instructions from…
Camp LATHAM Camp LATHAM, April 29, 1862. Maj. R. C. Drum, Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco: MAJOR: Inclosed I have the honor to forward a report of my expedition to Owen’s…
WAR DEPARTMENT, December 6, 1861. December 6, 1861. FRANCIS J. LIPPITT, San Francisco, Cal. : Str: Your communication of August 16, requesting the acceptance of your regiment of infantry, has…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Wright, November 22, 1861. MAJOR: I have the honor to present you with a report of a detachment of cavalry on patrol duty, under my command, pursuant to…
SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO, December 5, 1861. General WRIGHT: be (Care of Captain McAllister, U. S. Army, Benicia, Cal.) Dispatch from Major Rigg reports the arrest of Showalter and seventeen…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, December 4, 1861. Lieut. B. C. CUTLER, Los Angeles: DEAR SIR: When this reaches you, if I am virtually in command of the district (the recollection of…