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17,141 lettersSan Francisco San Francisco, October 16, 1863. COLONEL: Inclosed herewith you will receive a communication from the operations of troops in that district and the general condition of affairs in…
HEADQUARTERS OWEN’S RIVER EXPEDITION, Camp Independence, Cal., September 30, 1862. CoLONEL: Inclosed please find a copy of a letter from the Indian superintendent (or agent) Southern District of California, directed…
HEADQUARTERS OWEN’S RIVER EXPEDITION, Camp Independence, Owen’s River Valley, July 9, 1862. MAJOR: I have the honor to report to the general commanding the Department of the Pacific that […
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…
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF ARIZONA, September 5, 1862. No, 20. f Las Cruces, N. Mex., September 5, 1862. I. Maj. Theodore A. Coult, Fifth California Volunteer Infantry, will…
GENERAL ORDERS, ) WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 22, 1862. No, 29. f Washington, March 22, 1862. In the changes recently made in the boundaries of department commands it…
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…
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…
Los Angeles, Cal. Los Angeles, Cal., December 3, 1861. Colonel CARLETON, First Infantry California Volunteers, San Francisco, Cal. : COLONEL: I have the honor to forward herewith copies of two…
Fort Crook, Cal. Fort Crook, Cal., August 18, 1861. Capt. R. C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal. : Sir: Herewith inclosed I have the honor to…
Camp near San Bernardino, Cal. Camp near San Bernardino, Cal., September 2, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, U.S. Army, Headquarters Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.: Str: Captain Davidson’s command of…
PLEASANT HILL, OREG. PLEASANT HILL, OREG., September 1, 1861. Col. G. WRIGHT, Vancouver, Wash. Ter.: SIR: From reports from persons residing east of the Cascade Moun. tains it would seem…
San Francisco, Cal. San Francisco, Cal., August 31, 1861. Col. B. L. BEALL, First Dragoons, Commanding District of Oregon: SIR: The general commanding the department has reason to fear that…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., August 31, 1861. CAPTAIN: Circumstances may render it necessary for me to call for a few volunteers, and in order to be…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Fitzgerald, Cal., August 31, 1861. Capt. R. C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco : CAPTAIN: As stated in my letter of the 30th instant, I left here this…
Camp Fitzgerald, Cal. Camp Fitzgerald, Cal., August 30, 1861. Capt. R. C. Drum, Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco : CAPTAIN: My letter of August 24 will explain what kind of sheds…
Camp near San Bernardino, Cal. Camp near San Bernardino, Cal., August 30, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, U.S. Army, Headquarters Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal. : SIR: From information this…
Camp near San Bernardino, Cal. Camp near San Bernardino, Cal., August 30, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, U.S. Army, Headquarters Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal. : SIR: From information this…
fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter. fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., August 29, 1861. CAPTAIN: I have received your communication of the 20th instant. The excitement in relation to our Indian affairs at…
San Francisco San Francisco, August 29, 1861. Col. W. SEAWELL, Commanding Benicia Barracks, Cal. : I wish you to encamp a company close to the new ordnance building and put…