Order
Steinberger to George B. Currey, 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 twenty-four privates, will leave this post on the morning of the 10th instant on detached service for the Umatiila Indian Reservation and Grande Ronde Prairie.
TIT. On arriving at the Umatilla Reservation Captain Currey will leave a reliable sergeant and ten men to relieve the force of the Fourth California Infantry under Lieutenant Hillyer.
V. Written instructions will be furnished Captain Currey from these headquarters. * * * * * * *
By order of Colonel Steinberger:
First Lieut., First Washington Territory Infty., Actg. Post Adjt.
Fort Walla Walla, August 23, 1862.
SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith inclosed copy of report*
of Capt. George B. Currey, First Oregon Cavalry, returned last night
Fort Walla Walla, August 23, 1862.
SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith inclosed copy of report*
of Capt. George B. Currey, First Oregon Cavalry, returned last night
with a detachment of his company from an expedition to the Grande
Ronde Valley. The instructions given this officer, as heretofore reported,
were to find out the Indians engaged in the disturbances reported by
the superintendent of Indian affairs for Oregon and the agent of the
Ronde Valley. The instructions given this officer, as heretofore reported,
were to find out the Indians engaged in the disturbances reported by
the superintendent of Indian affairs for Oregon and the agent of the
Editor's Notes
From: Operations in Charleston Harbor, S.C., 1861.
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The War of the Rebellion: Official Records of the Union and Confederate Armies, Series I, Volume 1
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