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Unknown to R. W. Kirkham, April 21, 1862
Camp near Camp Wright, Cal. Camp near Camp Wright, Cal., April 21, 1862. Capt. R. W. KIRKHAM, Acting Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco, Cal. : CAPTAIN: Owing to the ill health…
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Letters about 1862
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Wright to Lieutenant-Colonel Olney, April 20, 1862
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, April 20, 1862. No. 46. f Fort Humboldt, April 20, 1862. Lieutenant-Colonel Olney with Companies H and I, Second Infantry California Volunteers, will…
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L. B. Parsons to and Aide-de-Oamp, December 27, 1862
Washington, December 27, 1862. Memphis must be held at all hazards. I have asked General Curtis to re-enforce you. Endeavor to communicate with General Grant ; also with gunboats down…
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Unknown to G. W. Bowie, April 19, 1862
Near Temecula, Cal. Near Temecula, Cal., April 19, 1862. Col. G. W. BOWIE, Fifth Infty. California Vols., Comdg. at Camp Wright, Cal.: COLONEL: Thecolonelcommanding directs that Captain Thayer’s company, Fifth…
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W. A. Gorman to Ulysses S. Grant, December 27, 1862
Helena, December 27, 1862. GENERAL: If you have a chance to send a dispatch safely through to General Grant I respectfully ask that he may be informed that agreeably to…
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U. Consul to Wright, April 18, 1862
Mazatlan Mazatlan, April 18, 1862. General WRIGHT, Commanding Army of the Pacific, San Francisco : SIR: I received on the 20th ultimo from Chihuahua, from a reliable private correspondent, a…
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Unknown to G. W. Patten, April 17, 1862
San Francisco, Cal. San Francisco, Cal., April 17, 1862. Col. G. W. PATTEN, Ninth Infantry, U. S. Army, Presidio of San Francisco, Cal.: MAJOR: You have been assigned to the…
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John A. Rawlins to J. E. SmitTH, Davis Mill, December 26, 1862
Washington, December 26, 1862. Brigadier-General DaviEs, Columbus, Ky. : I beg leave to repeat that Columbus must be held at all hazards. No movements which will endanger that position must…
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Lippitt to Johns, April 17, 1862
Fort Humboldt Fort Humboldt, April 17, 1862. Captain JOHNS, Third Infantry California Vols., Comdg. Fort Gaston : CAPTAIN: You are directed by the colonel commanding the district to forward immediately…
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Unknown to E. A. Rigg, April 17, 1862
Camp at Laguna Grande Camp at Laguna Grande, April 17, 1862. Maj. E. A. RIGG, Commanding at Fort Yuma, Cal.: MAJOR: Apply to Major Drum to replace Assistant Surgeon Meacham,…