Lorenzo Thomas was an American officer in the United States Army who was Adjutant General of the Army at the beginning of the American Civil War. After the war, he was appointed temporary Secretary of War by U.S. President Andrew Johnson, precipitating Johnson's impeachment.
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 11, 1862. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. O.: GENERAL: In my communication which I had the honor…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 12, 1862. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. 0.: GENERAL: I have nothing later from Brigadier-General Carleton’s command…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 16, 1862. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: I have the honor to submit a copy…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 21, 1862. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. O.: GENERAL: My latest dispatches from Brigadier-General Carleton were received…
SPECIAL ORDERS,) HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, June 27, 1862. No. 25. f Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., June 27, 1862. i. Capt. F. Seidenstriker, First Washington Territory Infantry, with his company…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 28, 1862. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt…
Camp at Berkeley, Va., July 15, 1862. GENERAL: Without waiting to receive the reports of all the subordinate commanders, I submit the following very brief narrative of the operations of…
Camp at Berkeley, Va., July 15, 1862. GENERAL: Without waiting to receive the reports of all the subordinate commanders, I submit the following very brief narrative of the operations of…
August 6, 1862. August 6, 1862. General MorGaAn, Tuscumbia: You will seize all cotton in the name of United States Government; give receipts of division quartermasters to the owners or…
San Francisco, August 13, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of a communication received at these headquarters from Brigadier-General Carleton, commanding “Column from California,” dated…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, August 13, 1862. GENERAL: I have the honor to transmit herewith a copy of a communication received at these headquarters from Brigadier-General Carleton,…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, December 15, 1862. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. K. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: I have the honor to inclose herewith a…
GENERAL ORDERS, } WAR DEPARTMENT, ADJT. GEN.’S OFFICE, February 23, 1863. No. 49 Washington, D. C., February 23, 1863. I. The following rules in regard to paroles, established by the…
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HDQRS. OF THE ARMY, ADJT. GEN.’S OFFICE, February 24, 1863. No. 90. Washington, February 24, 1863. * * * * * * * V. Brig. Gen. B.…
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HDQRS. OF THE ARMY, ADJT. GEN.’S OFFICE, February 26, 1863. No. 94. Washington, February 26, 1863. I. Brig: Gen. Joshua T. Owen, U.S. Volunteers, will report to…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, May 4, 1863. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. 0.: GENERAL: I have the honor to transmit herewith the…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE TENNESSEE, Vicksburg, Miss., August 14, 1863. Brig. Gen. L. THomas, Adjutant-General of the Army: GENERAL : Inclosed I send you a letter directed to General Ransom…
STEVENSON STEVENSON, August 18, 1863. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General, Washington : My headquarters moved to-day to Stevenson, Ala. The commands all moving well; better to-day than yesterday. W. S.…
Chattanooga, Tenn. Chattanooga, Tenn., February 2, 1865. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: I have the honor to report the following: On the 20th…
Chattanooga, Tenn. Chattanooga, Tenn., February 3, 1865. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. O.: GENERAL: I have the honor to forward inclosed the statement of an…