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Unknown to Enoch Steen, May 13, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, May 13, 1861. Maj. ENOCH STEEN, First Dragoons, Commanding Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter. : MAJOR: Your communication of April 16 has been…
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Letters about Military Correspondence
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D. McDougal to B. L. Beall, May 10, 1861
SAN FRANCISCO SAN FRANCISCO, May 10, 1861. Lieut. Col. B. L. BEALL, First Dragoons, Commanding Fort Tejon, Cal. : COLONEL: Carleton’s company was ordered to Los Angeles. Has it gone…
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Edwin V. Sumner to Commandant's Office, May 10, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, Cal., May 10, 1861. Lieut. Col. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant-General, U. S. Army, Headquarters Army, Washington, D. C. SIR: I have the…
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William W. Mackall to Japt. D. McDouGAL, May 9, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, May 9, 1861. Japt. D. McDouGAL, Commanding Navy-Yard, Mare Island, Cal.: CAPTAIN: Brigadier-General Sumner directs me to say that he learns that you…
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Simon Cameron to Edward D. Baker, May 8, 1861
WAR DEPARTMENT, Washington, May 8, 1861. Col. E. D. BAKER, U. $. Senate, dec., Washington, D. 0.: SIR: You are authorized to raise for the service of the United States…
Order
Edwin V. Sumner to William W. Mackall, May 7, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, May 7, 1861. No. 77. San Francisco, May 7, 1861. Special Orders, No. 76, is so far modified as not to prescribe the…
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George Wright to Irvin McDowell, May 6, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., May 6, 1861. ASSISTANT ADJUTANT-GENERAL, Headquarters Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal. : SIR: Yourcommunication of the 25th ultimo reached me…
Inclosure
John D. Stevenson to Abraham Lincoln, May 4, 1861
[Inclosure.] SAN FRANCISCO, May 4, 1861. PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES: _ SIB: During the war with Mexico I had the honor, ur der the authority of James K. Polk,…
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Simon Cameron to Montgomery Blair, May 4, 1861
WAR DEPARTMENT, May 4, 1861. May 4, 1861. Hon. MONTGOMERY BLAIR, Postmaster-General : SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the 2d instant respecting…
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William W. Mackall to James H. Carleton, May 3, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, May 3, 1861. Bvt. Maj. J. H. CARLETON, Captain, First Dragoons, Fort Tejon, Cal.: SIR: The commanding general directs you to establish a…