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Jas. N. Olney to Second Infty. Cal. Vols, June 8, 1862
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, June 8, 1862. MAJOR: I have the honor to report that on the 6th instant, at 4 p. m., the house or hotel at…
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Letters about Military Correspondence
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Francis J. Lippitt to Colonel, August 31, 1862
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, August 31, 1862. JOLONEL: Inthe afternoon of the 15th instant I received information of a band of Indians having taken possession of a timbered…
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Francis J. Lippitt to R. C. Drum, U.s. Army, July 12, 1862
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, July 12, 1862. MAJOR: About two weeks since Loball’s ranch and the mail station on the Van Dusen River were attacked and destroyed by…
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J. Bankhead Magruder to Irvin McDowell, June 10, 1861
HEADQUARTERS CAMP BETHEL, Bethel Church, June 10, 1861. Sir: The enemy, thirty-five hundred strong, attacked us at our post, and after a very animated conflict of two hours and a…
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George Wright to Lorenzo Thomas, June 5, 1862
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 5, 1862. Brig. Gen. L. THOMAS, Adjutant-General U. S. Army, Washington, D. C.: GENERAL: For the information of the War Department, I…
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R. C. Drum, U.S. Army to Douglas, April 7, 1862
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, April 7, 1862. MAJOR: The post of Captain Douglas (Second Infantry California Volunteers) is on the right bank of Redwood Creek, a mile or…
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Francis J. Lippitt to R. C. Drum, U.S. Army, April 1, 1862
HEADQUARTERS HUMBOLDT MILITARY DISTRICT, Fort Humboldt, April 1, 1862. MAJOR: On the evening of the 25th of March an express arrived from Areata reporting that the settlement at Angel’s ranch,…
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Unknown to George B. McClellan, June 7, 1861
HEADQUARTERS U. S. VOLUNTEERS, Grafton, W. Va., June 7, 1861. GENERAL: I have the honor to report that I arrived at Grafton on the evening of the 1st day of…
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Unknown to Cable, November 27, 1861
TEMECULA, CAL. TEMECULA, CAL., November 27, 1861. (Received 4 a. m.) Mr. CABLE: DEAR SIR: You will please deliver the inclosed letter to Mr. Sumner, the gentleman that came to…
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Unknown to Benjamin F. Bonham, June 1, 1861
MANASSAS JUNCTION, VA. MANASSAS JUNCTION, VA., June 1, 1861. Captain Marr was killed ; Colonel Ewell wounded in the shoulder, and one private badly in the right breast. The delay…