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Lieutenant-General Scort, June 10, 1861
_ HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF VIRGINIA, Portress Monroe, June 10, 1861. GENERAL: Having learned that the enemy had established an outpost of some strength at a place called Little Bethel, a…
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Letters from 1861
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R. S. GARNETT, Adjutant-General Virginia Forces to Winfield Scott, June 2, 1861
HEADQUARTERS DEPARTMENT OF F’REDERICKSBURG, Fredericksburg, Va., June 2, 1861. Sir: I have the honor to state, for the information of the commanding general, that four of the enemy’s armed steamers…
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Richd. Drum to George Wright, U.s. Army, December 28, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, December 28, 1861. No. 66. § Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., December 28, 1861. I. Brevet Major Lugenbeel, with Companies A and ©, Ninth Infantry,…
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Lorenzo Thomas to E. A. Rowe, December 26, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, December 26, 1861. No. 241. ) San Francisco, Cal., December 26, 1861. 1. Company K, Ninth Infantry, will proceed to and take…
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George M. Hanson, Esq to Col. C. Sims, December 24, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, December 24, 1861. No. 240. San Francisco, Cal., December 24, 1861. 2, Col. C. Sims, Second Cavalry California Volunteers, will designate three…
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Siletz Indian Agency, December 16, 1861 to Governor of the State of Sonora, December 16, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, } HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, December 16, 1861. No. 235. San Francisco, Cal., December 16, 1861. 1. Company A, Third Artillery, Lieut. John B. Shinn commanding, will…
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Richd. C. Drum to Major E. A. Rigg, December 7, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, December 7, 1861. No. 20. y Los Angeles, Cal., December 7, 1861. I. In compliance with instructions this day received from the…
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R. Drum, U.s. Army to Maj. David Fergusson, December 4, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DIST. OF SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA, December 4, 1861. No. 18. Los Angeles, Cal., December 4, 1861. In compliance with instructions from the commander of the Department of…
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Commanding to Comdg. Officer District Of Southern California, November 29, 1861
HEADQUARTERS, —, Fort Ter-Waw, November 29, 1861. Maj. R. C. Drum, Assistant Adjutant-General, Department of the Pacific : SIR: In accordance with the direction of the general commanding, I have…
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First Oalifornia Volunteers, November 26, 1861
SPECIAL ORDERS,) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, November 26, 1861. No. 221. San Francisco, Cal., November 26, 1861. 1. The foliowing troops will, should they arrive in time, embark for…