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…
Mr. Seward to Mr. Clay. No. 30.] Department of State, Washington, February 4, 1862. Sir: Your despatch of January 7, in which you survey the condition of the country at…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, September 12, 1861. No. 170, y San Francisco, September 12, 1861. 1. Major Pollock, California volunteers, having been transferred by the Governor…
Mr. Clay to Mr. Seward. No. 17.] Legation of the United States, St. Petersburg, January 24, 1862. Sir: I called on Prince Gortchacow to-day, at his own request, when he…
September 28, 1861. September 28, 1861. Respectfully forwarded to the Adjutant-General, by direction of the General-in-Chief. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General. [Second indorsement. ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, September 30, 1861. Respectfully…
Mr. Clay to Mr. Seward. No. 15.] St. Petersburg, Russia, January 7, 1862. Sir: In this critical time, whether war or peace with England ensues, I deem it my duty…
Washington, September 9, 1861. Brig. Gen. E. V. SUMNER, U. 8. Army, Commanding Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: Lieutenant-General Scott, with the assent of the Secretary of…
[Translation.] Viscount Treilhard to Mr. Seward. Legation of France in the United States, Washington, October 6, 1862. Sir: The manager of the consulate of France at New Orleans has just…
San Francisco, Oal., September 6, 1861. Governor J. G. DOWNEY, Sacramento City, Cal.: The appointment of Maj. A. J. Smith, of the First Dragoons, as colonel of cavalry would be…
[Translation.] Extract from a despatch of Mr. Thouvenel to Mr. Merrier, under date of the 19th of September, 1862. * * * Towards the end of the last month, the…