Los Angeles, Cal., December 19, 1861. Commanding at San Diego, Cal.: SIR: Have your company got in perfect readiness for important field service connected with the re-establishment of Fort Mojave…
Fort Bliss, Tex., December 16, 1861. His Excellency the GOVERNOR OF THE STATE OF SONORA: SIR: Upon assuming command of the military forces of the Confederate States upon the frontier,…
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, December 16, 1861. No. 235. San Francisco, Cal., December 16, 1861. 1. Company A, Third Artillery, Lieut. John B. Shinn commanding, will…
Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter., February 18, 1861. MAJOR: I have the honor to forward, for the information of the general commanding the department, the accompanying reports. I dispatched Major…
December 10, 1861. No. 231. San Francisco, Cal., December 10, 1861. * * * * * * * 2. Having complied with orders from these headquarters, Col. James H. Carleton…
December 7, 1861. No. 229, San Francisco, Qal., December 7, 1861. * * * * * * * 2. Captain DeMerritt’s company, Second [California] Cavalry, will remove from Benicia Barracks…
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 sending troops over a route…
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 previous…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, December 4, 1861. No. 18. Los Angeles, Cal., December 4, 1861. In compliance with instructions from the commander of the Department of…
November 26, 1861. No. 61. Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., November 26, 1861. I. Companies H and I and the band of the First Cavalry, under the command of Capt. J.…