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Unknown to Edwin V. Sumner, August 9, 1861
Los ANGELES Los ANGELES, August 9, 1861. Brig. Gen. E. V. SUMNER, Commanding Department of the Pacific, San Francisco : DEAR SIR: I am constrained by the aspect of political…
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Letters about 1861
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Matthew Keller to Edwin V. Sumner, August 10, 1861
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…
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John W. Davidson to Don Carlos Buell, August 10, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Fitzgerald, Oal., August 10, 1861. Maj. D. C. BUELL, Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of the Pacific: MAJOR: I have the honor to inclose the within communications just put in…
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Chas. S. Lovell, August 10, 1861
Fort HUMBOLDT, CAL. Fort HUMBOLDT, CAL., August 10, 1861. Str: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the information and action of the commanding general of the department, a…
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Edwin V. Sumner to William H. Gardner, U.s. Navy, August 10, 1861
San Francisco San Francisco, August 10, 1861. Capt. WILLIAM H. GARDNER, U.S. Navy, Commanding Navy-Yard, Mare Island, Cal. : CAPTAIN: I have received several intimations about the exposed situation of…
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G. Wright, August 9, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, 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…
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Edwin V. Sumner to J. D. Williamson, August 8, 1861
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington City, August 8, 1861. First Regiment Oregon Rifles : For reasons satisfactory to the Department, the acceptance given you has been revoked. It is preferred that the…
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Unknown to Simon Cameron, August 8, 1861
NEw York NEw York, August 8, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War: Has the order for the formation of the First Regiment of Oregon Rifles, Oregon quota, accepted for…
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Geo. A. H. Blake, August 8, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter., August 8, 1861. MAJOR: I have the honor to report, for the information of the general commanding the department, that with an escort of dragoons…
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Edwin V. Sumner to Charles S. Lovell, August 8, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, August 8, 1861. – San Francisco, August 8, 1861. Capt. CHARLES S. LOVELL, Sixth Infantry, U. S. Army, Commanding Fort Humboldt, Cal.: SIR: The buildings…