Washington, September 17, 1861. Brig. Gen. J. W. DENVER, U.S. Army, Wilmington, Ohio: — Repair to this city and report for orders preparatory to going to California. WINFIELD SCOTT. [WAsHINGETON,…
Camp Fitzgerald, Cal., September 16, 1861. Capt. RICHARD C. DRUM, ; Assistant Adjutant- General, San Francisco, Cal. : CAPTAIN: The information given you in my letter of the 9th instant…
Washington, September 16, 1861. Brig. Gen. E. V. SUMNER, U. S. Army, Commanding Department of the Pacific, San Francisco: SIR: A dispatch was sent you by the pony express the…
Washington, September 16, 1861. Brig. Gen. E. V. SUMNER, U. S. Army, San Francisco, Cal. : Besides the volunteer force called for from California to guard the Overland Mail Route,…
GENERAL ORDERS, ) HEADQUARTERS DISTRICT OF OREGON, September 13, 1861. No. 2. Fort Vancouver, Wash. Ter., September 13, 1861. The undersigned hereby assumes command of this district in conformity to…
SPECIAL ORDERS, ) HDQRS. DEPARTMENT OF THE PACIFIC, September 12, 1861. No. 170, y San Francisco, September 12, 1861. 1. Major Pollock, California volunteers, having been transferred by the Governor…
September 28, 1861. September 28, 1861. Respectfully forwarded to the Adjutant-General, by direction of the General-in-Chief. E. D. TOWNSEND, Assistant Adjutant- General. [Second indorsement. ADJUTANT-GENERAL’S OFFICE, September 30, 1861. Respectfully…
Washington, September 9, 1861. Brig. Gen. E. V. SUMNER, U. 8. Army, Commanding Department of the Pacific, San Francisco, Cal.: SIR: Lieutenant-General Scott, with the assent of the Secretary of…
San Francisco, Oal., September 6, 1861. Governor J. G. DOWNEY, Sacramento City, Cal.: The appointment of Maj. A. J. Smith, of the First Dragoons, as colonel of cavalry would be…
San Francisco, September 5, 1861. Maj. W. S. KETCHUM, Commanding San Bernardino, Cal. : An exigency has made it necessary to send the two infantry companies from Los Angeles to…