James Henry Carleton was an American military officer who served in the United States Army during the American Civil War and American Indian Wars. He became notorious for his involvement in the Long Walk of the Navajo, in which he led an ethnic cleansing campaign against the indigenous Navajo people.
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, Mareh 20, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, Commanding Southern District, Los Angeles, Cal. : COLONEL: I have the honor to inclose, for the information of the district…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, January 12, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, Commanding California Volunteers, Los Angeles, Cal. : COLONEL: This afternoon an Indian came up from the mouth with letters from…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, January 17, 1862. Col. J. H. CARLETON, Commanding District of Los Angeles, Cal. : COLONEL: I inclose for your consideration a copy of a letter received yesterday…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, January 19, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, Commanding California Volunteers, Los Angeles, Cal.: COLONEL: I received your communication dated January 8 last evening, and take advantage of…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, January 23, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, Commanding Southern District, Los Angeles, Cal. : COLONEL: I have the honor to report to you that Fort Yuma is…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., January 31, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, First Regiment Infty. California Vols., San Francisco, Cal. : COLONEL: My proposition to the General-in-Chief…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, February 15, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, Commanding District of Southern California, Los Angeles, Cal. : COLONEL: Captain McCleave has just arrived from Camp Carleton by the…
Near San Bernardino, Cal. Near San Bernardino, Cal., February 19, 1862. Col. J. H. CARLETON, Commanding District of Southern California, Los Angeles: COLONEL: I inclose herewith a deposition made by…
Fort Yuma Fort Yuma, February 19, 1862. Col. J. H. CARLETON, y Commanding Southern District, Los Angeles, Cal. : COLONEL: Your letter per Mr. Jones was received to-day.* He will…
HEADQUARTERS CAMP CARLETON, Near San Bernardino, Cal., February 19, 1862. Col. J. H. CARLETON, Commanding District of Southern California, Los Angeles: COLONEL: I inclose herewith a deposition made by Dr.…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, February 19, 1862. Col. J. H. CARLETON, y Commanding Southern District, Los Angeles, Cal. : COLONEL: Your letter per Mr. Jones was received to-day.* He will be…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., February 20, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, First Infantry California Volunteers, SIR: The general commanding the department regrets to find that a…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, February 20, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, Commanding Southern District, Los Angeles, Cal. : COLONEL: The steamer Cocopah has made another trip to the mouth of the…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., February 24, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, First Infantry California Volunteers, SIR: In reply to your letter of the 18th instant, requesting…
HEADQUARTERS CAMP WRIGHT, Oak Grove, San Diego County, Cal., February 24, 1862. J have received the letter of Colonel Carleton in reference to the men of Company A, First Infantry…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, March 6, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, Commanding Southern District, Los Angeles, Cal. : COLONEL: I have the honor to transmit for your information…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIO, San Francisco, Cal., March 14, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, First Infantry California Volunteers, SIR: Your disposition of the forces in the southern district is…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, Cal., March 25, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, Commanding District of Southern California: COLONEL: I have the honor to report to you that Captain Calloway’s company (I),…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, March 26, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, Commanding Southern District: COLONEL: I have the honor to report a man from up the river has just arrived here,…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, March 27, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, Commanding Southern District, Los Angeles, Cal. : COLONEL: I had the honor to inform you in a hasty note that…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, March 30, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, Commanding Southern District, Los Angeles, Cal. : COLONEL: Lieutenant Barrett, First Cavalry, stationed at Grinnel’s, forwarded a prisoner who said…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., March 31, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, First Infantry California Volunteers, SIR: The general commanding the department desires you to prepare a…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, April 2, 1862. Col. JAMES H. CARLETON, Commanding Southern District, Los Angeles, Cal. : COLONEL: I have ordered Captain Calloway and his command forward to take possession…
Los Angeles Los Angeles, April 9, 1862. Col. J. H. CARLETON, or MILITARY COMMANDER OF SOUTHERN DISTRICT OF California: SIR: I hereby request that you will detail a sufficient military…