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G. Wright, June 4, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., June 4, 1861. MAJOR: I deem it my duty to invite the early attention of the general commanding the department to the…
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Letters about 1861
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Ees" " William H. Seward to Simon Cameron, June 4, 1861
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, June 4, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War: SIR: I have the honor to communicate a copy of a letter of the 3d instant, addressed…
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Edwin A. Sherman to Edwin V. Sumner, June 3, 1861
SAN BERNARDINO SAN BERNARDINO, June 3, 1861. General E. V. Sumner, U. S. Army, Commander of the Pacific Division: DEAR SIR: I beg to be excused for my presumption in…
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Winfield Scott to H. L. Scott, June 3, 1861
HEADQUARTERS HEADQUARTERS, June 3, 1861. Col. H. L. Scott, U. S. Army, New York: Concert with Col. William B. Franklin, Brevoort House, and Colonel Tompkins, quartermaster, to arrest General A.…
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John S. Mason to Tehama House, June 1, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., June 1, 1861. COMMANDING OFFICER, Fort Dalles, Oreg.: SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the…
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Edward Dillon to Don Carlos Buell, May 31, 1861
ForT BRAGG, CAL. ForT BRAGG, CAL., May 31, 1861. Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal. : SIR: I have the honor to transmit, by direction of Captain Lovell,…
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Don Carlos Buell to Maj. G. O. Haller, May 30, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, May 30, 1861. Bvt. Maj. G. O. HALLER, Captain, Fourth Infantry, Commanding San Diego, Cal.: SIR: Orders have been given for sending to…
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Robt. C. Buchanan, May 29, 1861
HEADQUARTERS FOURTH INFANTRY, Fort Dalles, Oreg., May 29, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: The present would seem to be not an inappropriate time to…
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Don Carlos Buell to Pablo de la Guerra, May 29, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, May 29, 1861. Hon. PABLO DE LA GUERRA, JAMES L. ORD, Esq., and others, Santa Barbara, Cal.: GENTLEMEN: The general commanding the department…
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Colonel Wright to John S. Mason, May 28, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, May 28, 1861. No. 6. f Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., May 28, 1861. 1. Company E, Ninth Infantry, is transferred from Fort Walla…