HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, August 19, 1861. Lieut. Col. E, D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Headquarters of the Army, Washington, D. O.: COLONEL: I have…
Washington, D. C. Washington, D. C., August 17, 1861. Capt. R. L. OGDEN, Quartermaster, San Francisco, Cal. : Str: I have this day forwarded you a dispatch by telegraph and…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, August 16, 1861. Col. GEORGE WRIGHT, Ninth Regiment of Infantry, Comdg. District of Oregon: Str: In reply to your communication of the 9th…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, August 16, 1861. Brig. Gen. E. V. SUMNER, U.S. Army, Commanding, &e., San Francisco, Cal. : SIR: A telegram was sent you this day in…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, Washington, August 16, 1861. Brig. Gen. E. V. SUMNER, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal. : You are to command an expedition into Texas, via Mazatlan,…
SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO, August 15, 1861. Capt. J. W. DAVIDSON, First Dragoons, Los Angeles : Your dispatch of this date received. Read second paragraph of General Orders, No, 6,…
WAR DEPARTMENT WAR DEPARTMENT, August 15, 1861. Hon. JoHN G. DOWNEY, Governor of California, Sacramento City, Cal. : In filling the requisition given you August 14 for five regiments, please…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, August 14, 1861. Maj. WILLIAM S. KETCHUM, Fourth Regiment of Infantry, Camp Sumner, Cal.: MAJOR: It is reported from authentic sources that there…
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, August 14, 1861. No. 146. } San Francisco, August 14, 1861. * * * * * * * 3. Maj. William S. Ketchum,…
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, August 14, 1861. His Excellency Joun G. DOWNEY, Governor of the State of California, Sacramento City, Cal.: SIR: I have this day addressed you a dispatch requesting…