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Brigadier-General Wright to Richd. C. Drum, December 7, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, December 7, 1861. No. 229, San Francisco, Qal., December 7, 1861. * * * * * * * 2. Captain DeMerritt’s company, Second…
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George Wright to Lansford W. Hastings, December 7, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., December 7, 1861. ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters of the Army, Washington: Str: I have made satisfactory arrangements for protection of Overland Mail Route without…
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A. C. Wildrick to R. Drum, U.s. Army, December 6, 1861
FORT AT Fort POINT, CAL. FORT AT Fort POINT, CAL., December 6, 1861. Maj. R. ©. DRUM, U.S. Army, Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco, Cal. : MAJOR: Pursuant to instructions from…
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Thomas A. Scott to Francis J. Lippitt, December 6, 1861
WAR DEPARTMENT, December 6, 1861. December 6, 1861. FRANCIS J. LIPPITT, San Francisco, Cal. : Str: Your communication of August 16, requesting the acceptance of your regiment of infantry, has…
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R. Wellman to E. A. Rigg, November 22, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Wright, November 22, 1861. MAJOR: I have the honor to present you with a report of a detachment of cavalry on patrol duty, under my command, pursuant to…
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Richd. C. Drum to George Wright, December 5, 1861
SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO, December 5, 1861. General WRIGHT: be (Care of Captain McAllister, U. S. Army, Benicia, Cal.) Dispatch from Major Rigg reports the arrest of Showalter and seventeen…
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Brigadier-General Wright to B. C. Cutler, December 4, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, December 4, 1861. Lieut. B. C. CUTLER, Los Angeles: DEAR SIR: When this reaches you, if I am virtually in command of the district (the recollection of…
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Joseph R. West to James H. Carleton, December 4, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Yuma, December 4, 1861. LIEUTENANT: Colonel Carleton’s short note of November 25 reached me on the 2d instant. I cannot move until Major Rigg reaches here, which I…
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Geo. A. H. Blake, September 10, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter., September 10, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith the report of Lieut. E. M. Baker, First Dragoons, who was detached from this…
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Chas. S. Lovell, July 5, 1861
FORT HUMBOLDT, CAL. FORT HUMBOLDT, CAL., July 5, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to transmit herewith reports received from Lieutenants Collins and Martin, commanding detachments in the field. Copies…