GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, September 13, 1861. No. 2. Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., September 13, 1861. The undersigned hereby assumes command of this district in conformity to…
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter. Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., September 12, 1861. Col. B. L. BEALL, First Dragoons, Fort Vancouver: _ COLONEL: I will give you a brief statement of the…
BENICIA ARSENAL BENICIA ARSENAL, September 10, 1861. Colonel CARLETON, First Regiment California Volunteers, San Francisco: SIR: When I was ordered to equip your cavalry by the Ist of September it…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Fitzgerald, Cal., September 9, 1861. Capt. R. C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant-General : CAPTAIN: After executing Major Ketchum’s instructions, reported to you in my letter of the 31st ultimo,…
San Francisco San Francisco, September 9, 1861. Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. O.: COLONEL: The Governor of California has given the following appointments to…
Camp near San Bernardino, Cal. Camp near San Bernardino, Cal., September 8, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, U.S. Army, Headquarters Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: Captain Davidson returned to…
Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter. Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter., September 7, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to report that information was telegraphed me yesterday from Virginia City that a party…
Camp near San Bernardino, Cal. Camp near San Bernardino, Cal., September 5, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, U.S. Army, Headquarters Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal. : SIR: Yesterday was election…
San Francisco San Francisco, September 5, 1861. Maj. W. S. KETCHUM, Commanding San Bernardino, Cal. : An exigency has made it necessary to send the two infantry companies from Los…
Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter. Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., September 3, 1861. CAPTAIN: Colonel Beall is here, but I have not yet transferred to him my command. Heis totally unacquainted with…