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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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Letters about 1861
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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…
Dispatch
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…
Dispatch
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…
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Richd. C. Drum to A. Cady, December 3, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., December 3, 1861. Lieut. Col. A. CADY, Seventh Infantry, Commanding District of Oregon, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter. : Str: The general commanding…
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A. Cady to Lieutenant Mullan, December 2, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., December 2, 1861. MAJOR: I have been informed by Captain Magruder, First Cavalry, since his arrival at this place that the orders…
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George Wright to His Excellency JOHN WHITEAKER, September 12, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., September 12, 1861. His Excellency JOHN WHITEAKER, Governor of the State of Oregon: SIR: The threatening attitude of the Indian tribes in…
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George Wright to Captain, September 12, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., September 12, 1861. CAPTAIN: I have just returned from Fort Dalles. Much alarm existing in the border settlements in consequence of the…