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17,141 lettersSPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, November 15, 1861. No. 212. f San Francisco, Cal., November 15, 1861. 1. Col. Benjamin L. Beall will transfer the command of…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, November 4, 1861. No. 54. f Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., November 4, 1861. I. Company D, Third Artillery, will proceed by the steamer…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, November 4, 1861. No. 53. $ Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., November 4, 1861. I. Lieut. Col. H. Lee, with Companies A (Rowell’s) and…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, November 2, 1861. No. 52. Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., November 2, 1861. I. Captain Crowninshield’s company (E, Fourth Infantry California Volunteers) will take…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, November 1, 1861. No. 50. f Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., November 1, 1861. * * * * * * * II. The headquarters of…
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, October 30, 1861. No. 29. San Francisco, October 30, 1861. IV. Surg. Richard H. Coolidge, medical department, having reported at these headquarters…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, October 25, 1861. No. 46. § Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., October 25, 1861. I. Capt. J. O. Schmidt, Second Infantry California Volunteers, will,…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, October 23, 1861. No. 44. } Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., October 23, 1861. II. Maj. James F. Curtis, Second Infantry California Volunteers, will,…
GENERAL ORDERS, } HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, October 20, 1861. No. 28. San Francisco, October 20, 1861. Brig. Gen. E. V. Sumner having been recalled for duty in the…
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, October 14, 1861. No. 2. f Los Angeles, Cal., October 14, 1861. I. The undersigned hereby assumes command of this district. Il.…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, October 14, 1861. No. 193. $ San Francisco, October 14, 1861. 1. The headquarters and Companies E, G, and K, Sixth Regiment…
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, October 12, 1861. No. 26. San Francisco, October 12, 1861. Capt. Julian McAllister, ordnance department, is announced as chief of ordnance at…
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, October 2, 1861. No. 23. San Francisco, October 2, 1861. In compliance with instructions received from the General-in-Chief, the following movements of…
JENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, October 1, 1861. No. 22. San Francisco, October 1, 1861. Lieut. Col. Edwin B. Babbitt, deputy quartermaster-general, having reported at these headquarters,…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, September 28, 1861. No. 182. San Francisco, September 28, 1861. 1. Capt. Edward O. C. Ord, Third Artillery, having been appointed brigadier-general…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, September 27, 1861. No. 181. f San Francisco, September 27, 1861. The companies of the Second Regiment of California Volunteer Infantry in…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, September 25, 1861. No. 180. y San Francisco, September 25, 1861, * * * * * * * 2. The counties of…
WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJUTANT-GENERALâS OFFICE, Washington, September 24, 1861. Col. THOMAS R. CORNELIUS, ; Hon. B. F. HARDING, and R. F. MAURY, Esq., Of Oregon: GENTLEMEN: The War Department being convinced…
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, September 13, 1861. No. 2. Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., September 13, 1861. The undersigned hereby assumes command of this district in conformity to…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, September 12, 1861. No. 170, y San Francisco, September 12, 1861. 1. Major Pollock, California volunteers, having been transferred by the Governor…