HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 6, 1861. IRA P. RANKIN, Esq., U. S. Collector, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: In a conversation yesterday with Doctor Rabe, U. S.…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, June 5, 1861. SIR: The general commanding the department has received your communication of the 23d ultimo, requesting that a supply of arms…
[Inclosure.] May 25, 1861. May 25, 1861. BRIGGsS, Esq.: As an American citizen 1 deem it my duty to warn my countrymen and the lovers of this glorious Union and…
HEADQUARTERS, Fort Churchill, Nev. Ter., June 5, 1861—12 p. m.. Maj. DoN CARLOS BUELL, Assistant Adjutant-General, San Francisco, Cal. : MAJOR: A committee of gentlemen from Virginia City have just…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, AASA Washington, June 5, 1861. 3rigadier-General SUMNER, U. S. Army, Commanding the Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: The General-in-Chief directs that you act…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., June 4, 1861. MAJOR: I deem it my duty to invite the early attention of the general commanding the department to the…
DEPARTMENT OF STATE, Washington, June 4, 1861. Hon. SIMON CAMERON, Secretary of War: SIR: I have the honor to communicate a copy of a letter of the 3d instant, addressed…
SAN BERNARDINO SAN BERNARDINO, June 3, 1861. General E. V. Sumner, U. S. Army, Commander of the Pacific Division: DEAR SIR: I beg to be excused for my presumption in…
HEADQUARTERS HEADQUARTERS, June 3, 1861. Col. H. L. Scott, U. S. Army, New York: Concert with Col. William B. Franklin, Brevoort House, and Colonel Tompkins, quartermaster, to arrest General A.…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., June 1, 1861. COMMANDING OFFICER, Fort Dalles, Oreg.: SIR: I have the honor to acknowledge the receipt of your letter of the…