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Sumner to New York, April 27, 1861
NEw YORK CITY NEw YORK CITY, April 27, 1861. New York: STR: A meeting of citizens of California and others, former residents of that State, was held in this city…
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Letters about Military Correspondence
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Secretary of War, April 26, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, April 26, 1861. No. 66. San Francisco, April 26, 1861. Companies G and M, Third Artillery, will be sent by the commander…
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Unknown, April 20, 1861
FORT GASTON, CAL. FORT GASTON, CAL., April 20, 1861. MAJOR: I have the honor to report, for the information of the general commanding the department, that in consequence of Indian…
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Joseph E. Johnston to Ww. W. MacKall, April 18, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS,} HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, April 18, 1861. No. 60. San Francisco, April 18, 1861. A * * * 3. Maj. William S. Ketchum, Fourth Infantry, is assigned…
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Rvol L, Pt I to Unknown, April 16, 1861
Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter. Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter., April 16, 1861. MAJOR: Superintendent Geary has just returned from the Nez Percé Reservation, where he has succeeded in making…
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Unknown to W. W. MacKall, April 15, 1861
Fort BRAGG, CAL. Fort BRAGG, CAL., April 15, 1861. Maj. W. W. MACKALL, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: I have the honor to report that, in…
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Unknown to George B. McClellan, April 8, 1861
SAN FRANCISCO, CAL. SAN FRANCISCO, CAL., April 8, 1861. SIR: [have the honor to report that in obedience to instructions from the War Department I am about to resume work…
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Second Cavalry and Brevet Brigadier- General to John G. Downey, March 25, 1861
San Francisco San Francisco, March 25, 1861. Assistant Adjutant-General, Army Headquarters, New York: COLONEL: In consequence of the frequent depredations by the Indians upon the property of the inhabitants of…
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Chap. Lxi1. Correspondenceunion And Confederate to A. S. Johnston, U. S. Army, March 23, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, WAR DEPT., ADJT. GENERAL’S OFFICE, March 23, 1861. No. 86. Washington, March 23, 1861. Brigadier-General Sumner will, without delay, repair to San Francisco and relieve Brevet Brigadier-General Johnston…
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Brevet Major Sixth Infantry, March 21, 1861
NEw SAN DIEGO, CAL. NEw SAN DIEGO, CAL., March 21, 1861. SIR: I have the honor to state that having heard on the morning of the 17th instant that Señor…