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17,141 lettersSPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, February 27, 1862. No. 16. f Los Angeles, Cal., February 27, 1862. I. Lieut. Col. George S. Evans, Second Cavalry California Volunteers,…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, February 26, 1862. No. 15. f Los Angeles, Cal., February 26, 1862. I. Lieut. Col. George 8. Evans, Second Cavalry California Volunteers,…
HDQRS. OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, Washington, February 13, 1862. 3rig. Gen. G. WRIGHT, U. S. Volunteers, Comdy. Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal. : SIR: I have the…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, January 29, 1862. No. 3. ) Los Angeles, Cal., January 29, 1862. I. Lieut. Col. Marcus D. Dobbins, Fifth Infantry California Volunteers,…
HDQRS. OF THE ARMY, ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, Washington, January 20, 1862. Brig. Gen. G. WRIGHT, U. S. Army, Commanding Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal. : SIR: Your letters of…
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERALâS OFFICE, Washington, January 18, 1862. Brig. Gen. G. WRIGHT, San Francisco, Cal. : GENERAL: In answer to your communication of December 10, I am directed to authorize…
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,…
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, January 9, 1862. January 9, 1862. His Excellency the GOVERNOR OF CALIFORNIA, San Francisco: General Wright was authorized by the Secretary of War, December 2, subject…
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, Washington, January 3, 1862. His Excellency the GOVERNOR OF OREGON, Salem, Oreg. : GOVERNOR: The Secretary of War requests that you will forward to this office,…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, December 28, 1861. No. 66. § Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., December 28, 1861. I. Brevet Major Lugenbeel, with Companies A and ©, Ninth Infantry,…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, December 26, 1861. No. 241. ) San Francisco, Cal., December 26, 1861. 1. Company K, Ninth Infantry, will proceed to and take…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, December 24, 1861. No. 240. San Francisco, Cal., December 24, 1861. 2, Col. C. Sims, Second Cavalry California Volunteers, will designate three…
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, December 16, 1861. No. 235. San Francisco, Cal., December 16, 1861. 1. Company A, Third Artillery, Lieut. John B. Shinn commanding, will…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, December 7, 1861. No. 20. y Los Angeles, Cal., December 7, 1861. I. In compliance with instructions this day received from the…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, December 4, 1861. No. 18. Los Angeles, Cal., December 4, 1861. In compliance with instructions from the commander of the Department of…
HEADQUARTERS, —, Fort Ter-Waw, November 29, 1861. Maj. R. C. Drum, Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of the Pacific : SIR: In accordance with the direction of the general commanding, I have…
SPECIAL ORDERS,) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, November 26, 1861. No. 221. San Francisco, Cal., November 26, 1861. 1. The foliowing troops will, should they arrive in time, embark for…
[AND 10 OTHER OFFICERS. SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, November 22, 1861. No. 218. f San Francisco, Cal., November 22, 1861. 1. The headquarters of the First…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, November 16, 1861. No. 214. j San Francisco, Cal., November 16, 1861. * * * * * * * 2. The headquarters…
ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS, INOS. Y Fort Walla Walla, November 15, 1861. In compliance with Special Orders, No. 53, headquarters District of Oregon, the command of the post is hereby turnedoverto…