HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, February 20, 1861. Capt. J. S. ELLIS, Commanding California Guard, San Francisco, CAL. : DEAR SIR: The fort at Fort Point having lately…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, February 20, 1861. COLONEL: In obedience to the orders of the General-in-Chief received here on the 15th instant, Fort Point was occupied by…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, February 18, 1861. Lieut. Col. C. S. MERCHANT, Third Artillery, Commanding Presidio of San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: Brigadier-General Johnston directs me to say…
HEADQUARTERS OF THE ARMY, New York, March 18, 1861. Respectfully submitted to the General-in-Chief. The reply of General Johnston to Captain Spencer has not been received at Army headquarters.tLieutenant-Colonel and…
ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS, February 9, 1861. No. 5. Fort Dalles, Oreg., February 9, 1861. I. Captain Whittlesey, First Dragoons, with twenty-nine men of his company, mounted and equipped for the field,…
HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., January 26, 1861. SIR: Your letter of the 15th instant, inclosing Orders, No. 1, from the headquarters Department of the Pacific, reached…
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, San Francisco, January 15, 1861. Col. G. WRIGHT, Ninth Infantry, U. S. Army, COLONEL: By direction of Brigadier-General Johnston I transmit the order* by which…
[Inclosure No. 4.] TEMECULA, CAL., November 30, 1861. FRIEND WILD: Times have changed so that I feel it will be impossible for me to get to my friends in the…
[Inclosure No. 2.] November 30, 1861. ‘ Camp WRIGHT, Oak Grove, San Diego County, Southern California, November 30, 1861. COLONEL: I take advantage of Señor Sepulva, Ramon Carrillo’s brother-in-law, to…
[Inclosure No. 1.] CAMP WRIGHT, Oak Grove, November 30, 1861. LIEUTENANT: I have written to Colonel Carleton informing him of the capture by my commanc of Showalter’s party, consisting of…