VOLUME XL-IN THREE PARTS. Part CHAPTER LII. Operations in Southeastern Virginia and North Carolina. June 13-July 31, 1864. I-Reports... Part II--Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc Part III-Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc VOLUME XLI-IN FOUR PARTS. CHAPTER LIII. Page 1-823 1-717 1-823 Operations in Louisiana and the Trans-Mississippi States and Territories. July 1-December 31, 1864. Operations in Southeastern Virginia and North Carolina. August 1-December 31, 1864. I-Reports Part II-Union and Confederate Correspondence. Part III-Union and Confederate Correspondence... Page. 1-1029 1-1311 1-1370 Operations in Northern Virginia, West Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania. August 4-December 31, 1864. Part I-Reports, Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc.. Part II-Union and Confederate Correspondence, etc... CHAPTER LXII. OPERATIONS ON THE PACIFIC COAST.* JANUARY 1, 1861–JUNE 30, 1865. PARTI. Jan. SUMMARY OF THE PRINCIPAL EVENTS. 15, 1861.-The Departments of California and Oregon merged into the Department of the Pacific. Col. Albert Sidney Johnston, Second U. S. Cavalry, brevet brigadier-general, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of the Pacific. 16-May 18, 1861.-Operations in the vicinity of Fort Humboldt, Cal. Feb. 5-17, 1861.-Scouts from Fort Walla Walla, Wash. Ter., and Fort Dalles, Oreg., to the Umatilla River and to Winow and Butter Creeks, Oreg., with skirmishes (8th and 10th) on the Columbia River. Mar. 18, 1861.-Affair on the Columbia River, near the Kootenay River, Wash. Ter. 23, 1861.-Brig. Gen. Edwin V. Sumner, U. S. Army, assigned to command the Department of the Pacific. The operations reported in this volume were carried on in that portion of the territory of the United States lying west of the Rocky Mountains, including so much of the Territory of Utah as lay west of the one hundred and seventeenth meridian of west longitude and so much of the Territory of New Mexico as lay west of the one hundred and tenth meridian of west longitude. This area composed the Departments of California and Oregon. The Department of California was created by General Orders, No. 10, War Department, Adjutant-Generals Office, of September 13, 1858, and included the territory west of the Rocky Mountains south of Oregon, except so much of Utah as lay east of the one hundred and seventeenth meridian of west longitude, and of New Mexico as lay east of the one hundred and tenth meridian of west longitude. It also included the Rogue River and Umpqua Districts in Southwestern Oregon. It was commanded on January 1, 1861, by Lieut. Col. Benjamin L. Beall, First U. S. Dragoons, who had assumed command, by seniority of rank, on the death of Bvt. Brig. Gen. Newman S. Clarke, colonel Sixth U. S. Infantry, which occurred on October 17, 1860. It was merged into the Department of the Pacific on January 15, 1861. The Department of Oregon was created by General Orders, No. 10, War Department, Adjutant-General's Office, September 13, 1858, and was composed of the Territories of Washington and Oregon, except the Rogue River and Umpqua Districts. It was commanded on December 31, 1860, by Col. George Wright, Ninth U. S. Infantry, under assignment dated June 8, 1860. It was merged into the Department of the Pacific on January 15, 1861. Of some of the minor conflicts noted in this summary no circumstantial reports are on file. 1 R R-VOL L, PT I Apr. 14-15, 1861.-Skirmishes on Van Dusen's Creek, near Mad River, Cal. 25, 1861.-Brig. Gen. Edwin V. Sumner, U. S. Army, assumes command of the Department of the Pacific, relieving Col. Albert Sidney Johnston, Second U. S. Cavalry, brevet brigadier-general, U. S. Army. May 23-June 17, 1861.-Operations on the Mad and Eel Rivers, Cal., with skirmishes (May 23) near Larrabee's Ranch, (May 26) on Eel River, (May 28) on the South Fork of Eel River, (May 30) on Keatuck Creek, (June 4) opposite Bell Spring on the Eel River, (June 2 and 8) near Larrabee's house, (June 14 and 16) on the South Fork of Eel River, and (June 17) near Kettenshaw. July 21, 1861.-Skirmish on the South Fork of Eel River, Cal. Aug. 3-12, 1861.-Scout from Fort Crook to Round Valley, Cal., with skirmish (5th) in the Upper Pitt River Valley. Sept. Oct. Nov. Dec 8-9, 1861.-Attack on emigrant train, near the Great Salt Lake, Utah Ter. 15-22, 1861.-Expedition from Fort Crook to the Pitt River, Cal., with skirmish (19th) near Kellogg's Lake, Cal. 26, 1861.-Col. Benjamin L. Beall, First U. S. Dragoons, assigned to command the District of Oregon. 7, 1861.-Skirmish near the Santa Aña Cañon, Cal. 13, 1861.-Col. Benjamin L. Beall, First U. S. Dragoons, assumes command of the District of Oregon. 14, 1861.-Col. George Wright, Ninth U. S. Infantry, assigned to command all troops serving in Southern California. 25, 1861.-The District of Southern California created, comprising the counties of San Luis Obispo, Buena Vista, Tulare, Santa Barbara, Los Angeles, San Bernardino, and San Diego, and Col. George Wright, Ninth U. S. Infantry, assigned to its command. 25-Oct. 5, 1861.-Expedition from San Bernardino to the Temecula Ranch and Oak Grove, Cal. 4, 1861.-Col. George Wright, Ninth U. S. Infantry, assumes command of the District of Southern California. 11, 1861.-Lieut. Col. Albemarle Cady, Seventh U. S. Infantry, assigned to command the District of Oregon. 14, 1861.-Col. George Wright, Ninth U. S. Infantry, transfers command of District of Southern California to Col. James H. Carleton, First California Infantry. 20, 1861.-Brig. Gen. Edwin V. Sumner, U. S. Army, relinquishes command of the Department of the Pacific to Col. George Wright, Ninth U. S. Infantry. 23, 1861.-Lieut. Col. Albemarle Cady, Seventh U. S. Infantry, relieves Col. Benjamin L. Beall, First U. S. Cavalry, in command of the District of Oregon. 26, 1861.-Col. George Wright, Ninth U. S. Infantry, assumes command of the Department of the Pacific. 18, 1861.-Col. James H. Carleton, First California Infantry, relieved from command of the District of Southern California. 19, 1861.-Brig. Gen. George Wright, U. S. Army, formally assigned to command the Department of the Pacific. 20-29, 1861.-Pursuit and capture of the Showalter Party at Warner's Ranch 12, 1861.-District of Humboldt created, to consist of the counties of |