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HEADQUARTERS, August 30, 1861
Camp Fitzgerald, Cal., August 30, 1861. Capt. R. C. Drum, Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco : CAPTAIN: My letter of August 24 will explain what kind of sheds have been erected…
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HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, August 26, 1861
San Francisco, August 26, 1861. Col. GEORGE WRIGHT, Commanding District of Oregon: On the arrival of Col. B. L. Beall, turn over your command to him and repair to this…
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HEADQUARTERS, August 24, 1861
Camp Fitegerald, Cal., August 24, 1861. Capt. R. C. DRUM, Assistant Adjutant- General, San Francisco: CAPTAIN: I report that I have changed the position of my camp (no farther from…
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SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, August 20, 1861
August 20, 1861. No. 28. } Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., August 20, 1861. I. Capt. H. M. Black, Ninth Infantry, with three non-commissioned officers and thirty privates of the garrison…
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E. D. Townsend, August 16, 1861
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 relation to an expedition…
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HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, August 16, 1861
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, to be composed of…
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WAR DEPARTMENT, August 14, 1861
Washington, August 14, 1861. Hon. Joun G. DOWNEY, Governor of California, Sacramento City, Cal. : Please organize, equip, and have mustered into service, at the earliest date possible, four regiments…
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HEADQUARTERS, August 13, 1861
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 command…
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SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, August 13, 1861
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…
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WAR DEPARTMENT, August 8, 1861
Washington City, August 8, 1861. First Regiment Oregon Rifles : For reasons satisfactory to the Department, the acceptance given you has been revoked. It is preferred that the men enlisted…