HEADQUARTERS, Camp Fitzgerald, Cal., August 13, 1861. Maj. D. C. BUELL, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army: MAJOR: After careful thought I have determined, as an officer intrusted with an important…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, August 13, 1861. No. 145. f San Francisco, August 13, 1861. 2. Two of the field guns at the Presidio of San…
Los ANGELES Los ANGELES, August 10, 1861. Brig. Gen. E. V. SUMNER, Commanding Department of the Pacific, San Francisco : DEAR SIR: Since addressing you under yesterday’s date information has…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Fitzgerald, August 10, 1861. MAJOR: I have the honor to inclose the accompanying letter from Mr. Willis, of San Bernardino, which will be found to bear directly upon…
Los ANGELES Los ANGELES, August 9, 1861. Brig. Gen. E. V. SUMNER, Commanding Department of the Pacific, San Francisco : DEAR SIR: I am constrained by the aspect of political…
Los ANGELES Los ANGELES, August 10, 1861. General E. V. SUMNER, Commanding Pacific Division, San Francisco: SIR: I feel it my duty as an old resident of this place to…
HEADQUARTERS, Camp Fitzgerald, Oal., August 10, 1861. Maj. D. C. BUELL, Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of the Pacific: MAJOR: I have the honor to inclose the within communications just put in…
Fort HUMBOLDT, CAL. Fort HUMBOLDT, CAL., August 10, 1861. Str: I have the honor to transmit herewith, for the information and action of the commanding general of the department, a…
San Francisco San Francisco, August 10, 1861. Capt. WILLIAM H. GARDNER, U.S. Navy, Commanding Navy-Yard, Mare Island, Cal. : CAPTAIN: I have received several intimations about the exposed situation of…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., August 9, 1861. MAJOR: At the request of the superintendent of Indian affairs, I have ordered a small detachment, under the command…