September 17, 1861. No. 174. y San Francisco, September 17, 1861, The volunteer camp to be established in the vicinity of Placerville in this State will be known as Camp…
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…