SPECIAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 23, 1861. No. 86. Washington, March 23, 1861. Brigadier-General Sumner will, without delay, repair to San Francisco and relieve Brevet Brigadier-General Johnston…
NEw SAN DIEGO, CAL. NEw SAN DIEGO, CAL., March 21, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to state that having heard on the morning of the 17th instant that Señor…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Crook, Cal., March 7, 1861. Maj. W. W. MACKALL, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army: MAJOR: Having received some rather indefinite rumors that the Hot Creek (that is the…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, March 4, 1861. No. 25. J San Francisco, March 4, 1861. Companies A and B, Third Artillery, will take post at the…
TREASURY DEPARTMENT TREASURY DEPARTMENT, February 28, 1861. Hon. J. HOLT, Secretary of War: SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of the letter of A. S. Johnston, brevet…
San Francisco San Francisco, February 18, 1861. Capt. J. D. S. SPENCER, Senior Officer, Comdg. Her Britannic Majesty’s Ship Topaze, Esquimault, Vancouver Island: SIR: Your letter of the 24th ultimo…
San Francisco San Francisco, February 15, 1861. Capt. J. F. GILMER, Engineer in Charge of Fortifications, Fort Point, Cal. : CAPTAIN: The general commanding has examined your instructions from the…
San Francisco San Francisco, February 15, 1861. Assistant Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters, New York: SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of instructions of January 19,…
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter. Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., February 10, 1861. Maj. E. STEEN, U. S. Army, First Regt. Dragoons, Comdy. Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter.: MAJOR: A rumor has…
Washington Washington, January 24, 1861. Hon. J. HOLT, Secretary of War: SIR: In the latter part of December I submitted to the Department, with a recommendation, the project of Lieutenant…