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17,141 lettersHEADQUARTERS, Fort Bridger, Utah Ter., August 25, 1861. Maj. J. H. CARLETON, First Dragoons, U. S. Army, Commanding Volunteers : MAJOR: Having learned that a number of volunteers under your…
Los ANGELES Los ANGELES, August 24, 1861. Capt. J. W. DAVIDSON, First Dragoons, U. S. Army: CAPTAIN: The members of the home guard will convene at their armory this evening…
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter. Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., August 20, 1861. Capt H. M. BLACK, Ninth T nfantry, Comdy. Detach. of troops under orders Jor Fort Cascades, Wash, Ter., Fort…
SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO, August 15, 1861. Capt. J. W. DAVIDSON, First Dragoons, Los Angeles : Your dispatch of this date received. Read second paragraph of General Orders, No, 6,…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, August 14, 1861. No. 146. } San Francisco, August 14, 1861. * * * * * * * 3. Maj. William S. Ketchum,…
Los ANGELES Los ANGELES, August 10, 1861. General E. V. SUMNER, Commanding Pacific Division, San Francisco: SIR: I feel it my duty as an old resident of this place to…
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter. Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., August 9, 1861. MAJOR: At the request of the superintendent of Indian affairs, I have ordered a small detachment, under the command…
Los Angeles Los Angeles, August 8, 1861. General E. V. SUMNER, Commanding, ke. : SIR: Doctor Haywood has just shown me some papers written by one Boyd, deceased, containing charges…
SAN BERNARDINO, CAL. SAN BERNARDINO, CAL., August 6, 1861. Major CARLETON: DEAR SIR: Iinclose to you a letter for General Sumner, which will give you an idea of the state…
Near Los Angeles, Cal. Near Los Angeles, Cal., August 2, 1861. Hon. A. D. BOREN, e Q. 5. SPARKS, Esq., and Mr. MARK JACOBS and others, San Bernardino, Cal.: GENTLEMEN:…
HEADQUARTERS CAMP FITZGERALD, Near Los Angeles, Cal., August 5, 1861. Maj. D. C. BUELL, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal.: MAJOR: I have the honor herewith to inclose…
Fort WALLA WALLA, WASH. TER. Fort WALLA WALLA, WASH. TER., July 30, 1861. Maj. D. C. BUELL, ` Asst. Adjt. Gen., Department of Pacific, San Francisco, Cal. : Sir: I…
Middlebrook [ New Jersey ] April 9, 1779 . Orders the “lateâ€� Colonel John Patton’s regiment to Wyoming, Pennsylvania, to be incorporated with the “lateâ€� Colonel Thomas Hartley’s regiment and…
Mr. Pruyn to Mr. Seward No. 57.] Legation of the United States, Yokohama, August 26, 1863. Sir: Lieutenant Colonel Neale, her Britannic Majesty’s charge d’affaires, has kindly given me a…
Jackson, Tenn., October 29, 1862. Maj. Gen. WILLIAM T. SHERMAN, Memphis, Tenn. : I am directed by General Grant to acknowledge the receipt of your report of the 21st and…
Middlebrook [ New Jersey ] April 9, 1779 . Asks Du Portail to send an engineer to Wyoming, Pennsylvania.
Mr. Seward to Mr. Burlingame No. 94.] Department of State, Washington, November 18, 1864. Sir: Your despatch and its accompaniments of the 15th of August last, No. 90, relative to…
Jackson, Tenn., October 29, 1862. Major-General MOPHERSON, Bolivar, Tenn. : Hamilton has just learned the following from one of Roddeyâsmen now @ prisoner : Roddey is ordered to Kentucky; will…
[ Middlebrook, New Jersey, March 26, 1779. Letter not found .]
October 29, 1862. October 29, 1862. Col. C. C. MARsu, Jackson, Tenn.: You will move at daylight in the morning; will be joined on the march by twocompanies Fourth Illinois…