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Rvol L, Pt I to Unknown, April 16, 1861
Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter. Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter., April 16, 1861. MAJOR: Superintendent Geary has just returned from the Nez Percé Reservation, where he has succeeded in making…
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Letters about 1861
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Unknown to W. W. MacKall, April 15, 1861
Fort BRAGG, CAL. Fort BRAGG, CAL., April 15, 1861. Maj. W. W. MACKALL, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: I have the honor to report that, in…
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Unknown to George B. McClellan, April 8, 1861
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., April 8, 1861. SIR: [have the honor to report that in obedience to instructions from the War Department I am about to resume work…
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Second Cavalry and Brevet Brigadier- General to John G. Downey, March 25, 1861
San Francisco San Francisco, March 25, 1861. Assistant Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters, New York: COLONEL: In consequence of the frequent depredations by the Indians upon the property of the inhabitants of…
Order
Chap. Lxi1. Correspondenceunion And Confederate to A. S. Johnston, U. S. Army, March 23, 1861
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…
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Brevet Major Sixth Infantry, March 21, 1861
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…
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John Adams to W. W. MacKall, March 7, 1861
Fort Crook, Cal. 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…
Order
Joseph E. Johnston to Major, March 4, 1861
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…
Letter
Edward R. Geary, Esq to J. Holt, February 28, 1861
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…
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Unknown to George E. Pickett, February 22, 1861
San Francisco San Francisco, February 22, 1861. Capt. G. E. PICKETT, Ninth Infantry, U. S. Army, Commanding on the Island of San Juan, Wash. Ter.: CAPTAIN: The inclosed extracts *…