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D. Buell to E. V. Sumner, U.s. Army, May 23, 1861
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, May 23, 1861. NONO: } San Francisco, May 23, 1861. The name of the quartermaster’s brig Floyd is changed to the General…
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Winfd S. Hancock to and Assistant Quartermaster, May 14, 1861
ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE, Los Angeles, Cal., May 14, 1861. Maj. W. W. MACKALL, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Hdqrs. Dept. of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal. : MAJOR: Major Haller’s command may…
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Wink Ds: Hancock to and Assistant Quartermaster, May 12, 1861
ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE, Los Angeles, Cal., May 12, 1861. Asst. Adjt. Gen., Hdqrs. Dept. of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal. : MAJOR: There was no trouble here whatever to-day. Having…
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Wined S. Hancock to and Assistant Quartermaster, May 7, 1861
ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE, Los Angeles, Cal., May 7, 1861. Maj. W. W. MACKALL, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Hdqrs. Dept. of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.: MAJOR: I have the honor to…
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Winf"d S. Hancock to and Assistant Quartermaster, May 4, 1861
ASSISTANT QUARTERMASTER’S OFFICE, Los Angeles, Cal., May 4, 1861. Maj. W. W. MACKALL, Asst. Adjt. Gen., Hdqrs. Dept. of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.: MAJOR: I have the honor to…
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Operations On The Pacific Coast. Cmar. Lxil to Maj. J. H. Carleton, May 8, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, May 8, 1861. NORKI } San Francisco, May 8, 1861. Company K, First Dragoons (Carleton’s), will be detached from Fort Tejon, and…
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W. S. Hancock to William S. Hancock, April 29, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, April 29, 1861. No. 68. j San Francisco, April 29, 1861. 1. Fort Mojave will be abandoned and the garrison and public property…
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Simon Cameron, April 26, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, April 26, 1861. No. 66. San Francisco, April 26, 1861. Companies G and M, Third Artillery, will be sent by the commander…
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Ww. W. Mackall to Special Orders, Hdqrss. Department Of The Pacifico, April 18, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS,) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, April 18, 1861. No. 60. San Francisco, April 18, 1861. A * * * 3. Maj. William S. Ketchum, Fourth Infantry, is assigned…
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Chap. Lxi1. Correspondenceunion And Confederate. 457 to Sacramento, March 23, 1861, March 23, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 23, 1861. No. 86. Washington, March 23, 1861. Brigadier-General Sumner will, without delay, repair to San Francisco and relieve Brevet Brigadier-General Johnston…
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William S. Ketchum, March 4, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, March 4, 1861. No. 25. J San Francisco, March 4, 1861. Companies A and B, Third Artillery, will take post at the…
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George B. Currey to First Regiment Oregon Infantry, September 24, 1865
HEADQUARTERS SELVIE’S RIVER EXPEDITION, Camp Wright, Oreg., September 24, 1865. SIR: I have the honor to make the following report of an engagement between twelve men under my command and…
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Unknown to George B. Currey, September 24, 1865
HEADQUARTERS SELVIE’S RIVER EXPEDITION, Camp Wright, Oreg., September 24, 1865. Col. GEORGE B. CURREY, First Regiment Oregon Infantry, Comdg. Dept. of the Columbia, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter.: SIR: Inclosed find…
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Maj. C. MeDermit, March 11, 1865
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS, March 11, 1865. No. 15. f Fort Churchill, Nev., March 11, 1865. I. Capt. William Wallace, Company A, First Battalion Nevada Infantry, with thirty-five men of…
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Second Infantry California Vols., Comdg. Humboldt Mil. Dist to R. C. Drum, June 11, 1863
DEPUTY QUARTERMASTER-GENERAL’S OFFICE, San Francisco, June 11, 1863. Lieutenant-Colonel DRUM, Assistant Adjutant- General, Present: Camp Wright has hitherto been furnished via Fort Bragg, from which latter post it is distant…
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First Washington Territory Infantry to Grande Ronde, August 15, 1862, August 9, 1862
ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS, August 9, 1862. No. 161. Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter., August 9, 1862. I. Capt. George B. Currey, First Oregon Cavalry, with two sergeants, four corporals, and…
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First Washington Territory Infantry to Agent Barnhart and Superintendent Rector as the leader in the foray, August 16, 1862
ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS, August 16, 1862. No. 170. $ Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter., August 16, 1862. I. Lieut. J. T. Apperson, Company E, First Oregon Cavalry, with fifteen men…
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Justus Steinberger to First Washington Territory Infantry, August 9, 1862
. HEADQUARTERS, Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter., August 9, 1862. SIR: I have the honor to report that at the request of the superintendent of Indian affairs for Oregon and…
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Geo. S. Evans to R. C. Drum, U.s. Army, September 30, 1862
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…
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R. C. Drum to Char. Lxit. Expedition To Owens River, Cal. 151, September 16, 1862
HEADQUARTERS OWEN’S RIVER EXPEDITION, September 16, 1862. September 16, 1862. COLONEL: I arrived at this place, twenty-five miles below Camp Independence, on yesterday, where I met the command moving down…